“Heart-pounding Shakespeare... Every player is at the peak of their abilities.” Kvallsposten / Kultur (Sweden) August 2003 “A joy to behold... A vital performance that shows what theatre does best - telling a story. The character changes are elegant and work excellently” Skanska Dagbladet (Sweden) August 2003

"A joy to behold..." "Without any special effects, without props and without artificial light, [the Daylight Players] perform Shakespeare's drama for, and sometimes with the audience. They haul in a barrow with the clothes hanging on a rack, you hear delicate Elizabethan flute music...and they are away. Such a folksy introduction. As it used to be... The reward for everyone is a vital performance that shows what...theatre actually does best - telling a story. At Glimmingehus, the audience sits on garden chairs in a square around the performance area and the physical closeness to the actors feels palpable. The concentration is total.... Then it is interesting to notice the changes in the body language, tone and dialect when the actors change roles. They have to do so when six actors have to take on a lot more roles. The changes are elegant and work excellently, a joy to behold" Skanska Dagbladet, (24 August 2003)

"Heart-pounding Shakespeare..." The Daylight Players trademark is, as the name suggests, to use natural light. The consequence is that there is no border drawn between the actors and the audience. The performers and the spectators approach the drama on equal terms, and the Daylight Players also choose now and then to react towards, or with, the audience. The players are only six in number. The list of characters in Romeo and Juliet is much longer and so every man and woman must perform in several roles. To shift between the drama's different characters demands incredible concentration and a mastery of the script that is more than 100 per cent. The role changes involve rapid costume changes, often in the middle of the stage....It is rare that you see a performance where every player is at the peak of their abilities. Through director Graham Christopher, the core of every character has been chiseled out, both in physical and verbal form. The Spartan set involved only a trailer. It is the actors that provide the colour, and they do that with a gripping empathy. The sunlight falls at an angle on the performance spaces stone walls, and after the intermission, the floor is lit up with candles. The resolution of Romeo and Juliet is doomed to tears. But on the way home from the performance, my heart is still pounding. Kvallsposten / Kultur, (August 2003)

2004 PRODUCTION CREDITS Directed by Graham Christopher Cast Claire Duttson, Matt Jamie, Tracey Keeling, Patrick Knox, Kitty Martin, Kali Peacock For more information see the company members page Produced by Daylight Players Original touring production produced by Maria Anderberg Kulturproduktionen i Norra Björstorp *

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