Direction from Sean
Director Sean Holmes works with Finbar Lynch. Sean wanted his production to be unpredictable so he encouraged the actors to change their minds and do the unexpected.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Sword fighting
Nick Court and Paul Barnhill playing with prop swords in a rehearsal.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Brutus and Lucius
John Light (Brutus) aggressively picks up Craig Gazey (Lucius) as they rehearse a scene in Brutus' tent, just after he's seen Caesar's ghost.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Titinius' death
Luke Neal, who plays Titinius, rehearses stabbing himself. In the finished production, he raises the sword above his head (as if to God) before plunging it towards his chest.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Caesar's death
James Hayes (Caesar) lies dead on the floor, while Ariyon Bakare (Antony) listens to Sean Holmes (on the left). Sean didn't want the actors to seem as if they expect Antony's speech.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Fight workshop
Fight Director Terry King instructs the company in rehearsing Act 3 Scene 3 where a crowd attacks Cinna the poet.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Attacking Cinna
Killing Cinna (Edmund Kingsley). The actors practised this complex fight many times so they would be able to perform it automatically and safely every night.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Jigging fool
The company rehearse Act 4 Scene 3 where a poet (Keith Osborne, centre) comes between Cassius (Finbar Lynch, left) and Brutus (John Light, right). The poet breaks up the tension in this scene.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Brutus and Cassius
John Light (left) and Finbar Lynch (right) rehearse a scene between Brutus and Cassius. Joseph Alessi and Paul Barnhill (army generals) sitting between them emphasises their disagreement. Finbar is wearing the boots he wears in the finished production.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Antony's servant
David Rubin, who plays Antony's servant. The servant is told to find out why the conspirators killed Caesar - Antony has told him to lie down so Brutus thinks he has the upper hand.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
John Light in costume
In this scene, Caesar's ghost has appeared to Brutus (John Light) and his men (including Craig Gazey) cry out in their dreams. John is wearing a long gown to experience how differently he might move and behave in his costume.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Dreaming of death
The company rehearse the scene after Caesar's ghost has appeared to Brutus (John Light). Brutus' men cry out, dreaming of their deaths.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Cassius' death
Finbar Lynch (left) and David Rubin rehearse Cassius' death, where Pindarus stabs Cassius.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Stewart Hemley
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Somebody's got to do it
Stage crew mop up the pints of fake blood split in the dress rehearsal. The down-stage area is covered in a substance which looks like gravel - in fact, it's cat litter to absorb all the blood!
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Suzanne Worthington
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
Director's notes
Sean Holmes runs through some notes with the company after the dress rehearsal.
- Act and Scene
- Credit
- Pau Ros
- Date
- 2006-04-01
- Copyright
- © RSC 2006
