Perkin Warbeck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- BY JOHN FORD
DIRECTED BY ALASDAIR HUNTER
DRAMATURGY BY CLAIRE KIMBALL
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Kicking off after the events of Shakespeare’s Histories, the evil deeds of Richard III continue to haunt the court of England. King Henry VII struggles to maintain his right to the English throne against pretenders who claim to be lost descendants of the House of York. The latest claimant is Perkin Warbeck, who says he is one of the missing Princes in the Tower, and he has come to take the crown with the backing of King James IV of Scotland. As he puts down a rebellion in Cornwall and enlists an alliance with Spain, Henry VII pursues Warbeck and his followers to defend the crown and rid England of any challengers, once and for all.
John Ford, famous for his tragedies ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore and The Broken Heart, crafts an enigmatic and complex look at a man working to claim his legacy and the kingdom desperate to stop him. As one of the latest examples of a ‘history’ play in the period, Ford weaves political backstabbing with a complex character portrayal to depict both action and eloquence.
CAST
Amy Conway -- King Henry
Angie Cassidy -- King James
Danielle Jam -- Perkin Warbeck
Charlotte Driessler -- Daubeney
Lesley Lemon -- Crawford
Tanyaradzwa Gimani -- Katherine
Molly Crighton -- Huntly
Beth Frieden -- Oxford
Kim Allan -- Durham / Astley
EmmaClaire Brightlyn -- Daliell / Surrey
Cate Barr -- Urswick / Heron
Valerie Andrews -- Clifford / Hialis / Mayor of Cork
Zoe Bullock -- Frion / Countess / Marchmont / Simnel
Rachel Guthrie -- Jane / Skelton / Constable / Stanley
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Great reading and presentation of a great play! Thanks for sharing!
If you ever can do it in a theatre I'll be there.
Thanks for making this! Used it to follow along with the text for my Renaissance literature class. Well done
Here's my theory. Simmel was definitely an imposter, but Henry VII had enough doubt about the issue to spare his life because royals definitely hesitated to spill royal blood, as evidenced by Elizabeth I's reluctance to execute Mary, Queen of Scots. Perkin Warbeck probably had York blood coursing through his veins because he really was Richard IV or he was the illegitimate son of Edward IV, Margaret of Burgundy or some as yet identified Plantagenet . The proof is that Warbeck had a cast in his eye, just as Henry III and Henry Tudor did. Whoever he was, he was not the jumped-up son of a boatman. Even in Victorian times, distinctions in class were obvious by body language, accent, vocabulary, and habits. Victorian literature- is full of stories or people trying to assume the role of their social superiors--- and failing. Perkin Warbeck convinced crowned heads of Europe, no simple feat for someone from the middle class. Elizabeth Woodville supported pretenders--something she would not have done if there wasn't the remotest possibility that one of her royal sons survived. Personally, I think Richard had the princes removed from the Tower and sent North. From there, anything could have happened. I have often wondered if the Edward sent to the Tower was the same Edward birthed by Isabelle Neville. George was the kind of man perfectly willing to substitute a disabled boy for his own son. Remember, Cecily had sent her own two sons to the Continent when there was a threat from the Lancasterians. Henry Tudor did not kill them because he would have acted differently if knew positively that they were dead. After capturing Warbeck, Henry did not execute him because he possibly suspected the young man had some royal blood. At this point, as a mother of a future king, Elisabeth of York would have reluctantly approved of eliminating any threat to her own son becoming king.
I am commenting from America. IN the stage direcetions it sais that King Henry has a Gorget and his sword. Does that mean he is wearing the gorget or is he looping/balancing it around his sword?