There’s none as blind as they won’t see.
Johnathan Swift
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies they commit themselves to.
Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice)
Don’t Fool With Love / The Blind Men
Written by Alfred de Musset / Michel de Ghelderode
Translated by Declan Donnellan
Performed in English
1993
Name | Character |
---|---|
David Foxxe | Father Blasius / De Witte |
Anne White | Dame Pluche |
Colin McFarlane | The Baron / Den Os |
Brian Pettifer | Father Bridlaine / De Strop |
Michael Sheen | Perdican / Lamprido |
Maria Miles | Camille |
Pooky Quesnel | Rosette |
Patrick Bridgman | Peasant |
Role | Name |
---|---|
Director | Declan Donnellan |
Designer | Nick Ormerod |
Composer and MD | Paddy Cunneen |
Movement Director | Jane Gibson |
Lighting Designer | Judith Greenwood |
Voice Coach | Patsy Rodenburg |
Fight Director | John Waller |
Assistant to the Director | Lucy Astor |
Company Stage Manager | Tom Albu |
Deputy Stage Manager | Michele Enright |
Assistant Stage Manager | Becca Clay |
Wardrobe Manager | Alistair McArthur |
Date (first performance) | Location | No. of performances |
---|---|---|
20 April 1993 | London, Donmar Warehouse, UK | 27 |
16 April 1993 | Leiden, Leidse Schouwburg, Holland | 1 |
15 April 1993 | Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg, Holland | 1 |
15 April 1993 | Groningen, Stadsschouwburg, Holland | 1 |
10 April 1993 | Bergen Op Soom, Schouwburg De Maggd, Holland | 1 |
8 April 1993 | Utrecht, Stadsschouwburg, Holland | 1 |
7 April 1993 | Den Bosch, Schouwburg Het Casino, Holland | 1 |
6 April 1993 | Venlo, Cultural Centre de Maasport, Holland | 1 |
5 April 1993 | Arnhem, Stadsschouwberg, Holland | 1 |
30 March 1993 | Hexham, Queens Hall Arts Centre, UK | 5 |
23 March 1993 | Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal, UK | 5 |
16 March 1993 | Worthing, Connaught Theatre, UK | 6 |
9 March 1993 | Winchester, Theatre Royal, UK | 6 |
23 February 1993 | Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Centre, UK | 6 |
17 February 1993 | Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre, UK | 4 |
“Wonderfully light and fluid…Donnellan and Ormerod create an unencumbered atmosphere in which the pantomimic and the piercing tumble over each other.”
The Independent