Insight into Venice Preserved Play video About the play The Plot Belvidera Held Hostage In Rehearsal More Less About the play The Plot Belvidera Held Hostage In Rehearsal Watch the actors in rehearsal as Director Prasanna Puwanarajah explains why Venice Preserved is a great play that feels "alarmingly modern" although it was written 400 years ago. Rehearsal photos Natalie Dew and Carl Prekopp in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Michael Grady-Hall in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images The Company in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Les Dennis in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Jodie McNee and Natalie Dew in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Kevin N Golding in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Natalie Dew, Rosalind Steele, Carl Prekopp and Polly Edsell in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Toby Webster, Michael Grady-Hall and Ben Roddy in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Isabel Adomakoh Young in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Jodie McNee and Les Dennis in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Director Prasanna Puwanarajah in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Alison Halstead in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images The Company in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Stephen Fewell in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Jodie McNee and Les Dennis in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Carl Prekopp in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Michael Grady-Hall and Stephen Fewell in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images The Company in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Nickcolia King-N'Da in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Polly Edsell and Pete Ashmore in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Jodie McNee in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Carl Prekopp, Stephen Fewell, Steve Nicolson and Sarah Twomey in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images The Company in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images John Hodgkinson in rehearsal for Venice Preserved. Photo by Helen Maybanks © RSC Browse and license our images Launch Gallery Close Hide Thumbnails In This Section About the play In 2019, Prasanna Puwanarajah directed a new version of this rarely-performed, Restoration political thriller. Find out more The Plot Read the synopsis for Thomas Otway's Restoration revenge tragedy, Venice Preserved. Read the plot Belvidera Held Hostage Watch a scene from Venice Preserved, where Jaffeir (Michael Grady-Hall) visits Belvidera (Jodie McNee) as she is held hostage by conspirators. Watch the video You may also like