Play: Devil

Theatre / City:Swan, Newcastle Playhouse, Pit

Dates:4 Apr. 1995-, 29 Feb. 1996-, 24 Apr. 1996

Company:RSC

Director / Producer: Matthew Warchus

Actors:Ambler - Paul Chahidi; Engine - Siobhan Fogarty; Everill - Christopher Godwin; Fitzdottrel - David Troughton; Gilthead - Robin Nedwell; Iniquity - Nick Cavaliere; Lady Eitherside - Siobhan Fogarty; Lady Tailbush - Sheila Steafel; Manly - Mark Bazeley; Merecraft - John Nettles; Mistress Fitzdottrel - Jules Melvin, Joanna Roth; Pitfall - Tracy Sweetinburgh; Plutarchus - Anthony Hannan; Pug - John Dougall; Satan - Michael Gardiner; Shackles - Robin Nedwell; Sir Paul Eitherside - Michael Gariner; Sledge - Leon Tanner; Trains - Nick Cavaliere; Wittipol - Douglas Henshall

Archives: Shakespeare Centre Lib.; National Sound Archive (staged recording: H6971)

Reviews / Production History: Michael Coveney, The Observer , 9 Apr. 1995; John Gross, Daily Telegraph , 2 June 1996; Robert Gore-Langton, Daily Telegraph , 30 Apr. 1996; John Gross, Daily Telegraph , 9 Apr. 1995; Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph , 6 Apr. 1995; Sarah Hemming, Financial Times , 30 Apr. 1996; Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times , 6 Apr. 1995; Irving Wardle, Independent , 9 Apr. 1995; Paul Taylor, Independent , 6 Apr. 1995; Jeremy Kingston, Times , 1 May 1996; Theatre Record , 16 (1996), 529-30; Greg Walker, review, CahiersÉ , 49 (1996), 81