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The Fair Maid of the West by Thomas Heywood - Spenser

- The Drum Theatre, Plymouth. Directed by Amanda Knott.

This play, by the Elizabethan author Thomas Heywood, had only been performed once before in modern times (by the RSC with Sean Bean in the role of Spenser - which shows how unlikely my casting was!) when director Amanda Knott decided to do it. My first (and pretty much only) stab at leading man was a hugely enjoyable 16th century romp telling the story of Bess Bridges, a humble barmaid who sets sail from Plymouth as the captain of a pirate ship to avenge the death of her gallant lover, only to be re-united with him in the court of the King of Morocco.

The wonderful Alison Rose played Bess with power and passion, and rightly stole the show. Another performance that I treasure still was Simon Browne's wonderfully camp King of Morocco. Claire Lyth designed a brilliant set which enabled some real 'Douglas Fairbanks' leaps and enabled some wonderfully spectacular swordplay in its relatively small confines - for some reason flashing swords always seem much more dangerous when the fight is taking place in a small area!

Sword fights, ship-battles, pirates, love, loss and laughter, and the small of real gunpowder hanging in the auditorium. Boy, those Elizabethans could write a play! One of my favourite productions, still...

"Jon Glentoran is a gallant gentleman buccaneer, with all the english virtues of gallantry, purity - and a touch of chauvanism..."