RSC announces casting for Yaël Farber’s THE WINTER’S TALE
Further casting has been announced for the RSC’s The Winter’s Tale, directed by Yaël Farber, which plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 12 July-30 August.
The previously announced Bertie Carvel (Matilda, West End/Broadway), who returns to the RSC in the role of Leontes, Madeline Appiah (Macbeth, RSC) as Hermione, Aïcha Kossoko (Kyoto, @sohoplace) as Paulina and John Light (The Giant, RSC) as Polixenes, will be joined by Kathryn Hunter (Harry Potter) as Autolycus/Time, Lewis Bowes as Florizel, Amelda Brown as Shepherdess, Rhianna Compton as Dancer/Ensemble, Hilda Cronje as Emilia, Ryan Duval as Clown (Young Shepherd), Matthew Flynn as Antigonus, Leah Haile as Perdita, Chihiro Kawasaki as Danger/Ensemble, Mkiyah Page-Gordon as Mover/Ensemble, Rakhee Sharma as Dancer/Ensemble, Raphael Sowole as Camillo, and Richard Sutton as Jailer/Ensemble.
The creative team includes set and costume Designer Soutra Gilmour, lighting designer Tim Lutkin, composer Max Perryment, movement director Imogen Knight, fight and intimacy director Yarit Dor, casting director Julia Horan CDG, and dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg.