Timon of Athens in Trinity Chapel...Auditions!

There is one play of which Shakespeare left only a draft. Despite it being written inbetween some of his greatest tragedies: Othello, King Lear and Macbeth, this play went unperformed throughout his lifetime. Some critics adore it: Karl Marx would come to repeatedly quote it throughout his writings, and George Steiner believed it to be one of the very few ‘absolute tragedies’. Yet to others, it is a clunky, messy ragtag of a play – Shakespearian tragedy at its worst. Nonetheless, we believe it to be an extraordinary piece of drama, maybe because of these so-called ‘failings’. It seems to move beyond its early-modern context and forward into the bounds of 20th century drama: Beckett, Brecht and Grotowski. We are happy to open auditions (via self-tapes and recalls in October) for this production of Shakespeare's most disputed play.

Please check out the Google Doc below, and if you are indeed of an extension or have struggling accessing the document please do not hesitate to get in contact. (jp992@cam.ac.uk)

Thanks and good luck.

Google Doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bAmzZs3tH7uxCtRHii_-wTbQEjskYO2jjRQ3hChmUZw/edit?usp=sharing

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Contact jp992@cam.ac.uk before 15th Sep 2024 23:59 for more details.