Rehearsals are well underway for the RSC's Middlemarch
Middlemarch Parts 1 & 2 By Nina Raine. From the novel by George Eliot. A co-production with Second Half Productions. Directed by Jeremy Herrin. At The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Saturday 10 October until Saturday 16 January 2027.
Preview
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released rehearsal photography for the upcoming production of Middlemarch, George Eliot’s expansive study on provincial life, adapted by Nina Raine (Consent, Tribes, Tiger Country) and co-produced with Second Half Productions.
This sweeping two-part adaptation will be directed by Olivier Award-winning Jeremy Herrin (Every Brilliant Thing, Wolf Hall Trilogy) and open at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, with Part 1 playing from Thursday 1 October and Part 2 from Saturday 10 October, and running until Saturday 16 January.
The full company includes Rory Alexander (Will Ladislaw), Lizzie Annis (Celia Brooke / Mary Garth), Emma Bown (Understudy), Gunnar Cauthery (Farebrother / Sir James Chettam), Ian Drysdale (Mr Casaubon / Caleb Garth), Steven Dykes (Understudy), Dave Fishley (Mr Vincy / Bambridge / Powderell), Peter Forbes (Mr Brooke / Featherstone / Raffles), Ebenezer Gyau (Fred Vincy), Mackenzie Heynes (Understudy) John Hodgkinson (Mr Bulstrode / Borthrop Trumbull), Penny Layden (Mrs Bulstrode / Mrs Garth / Lady Chettam), Emma McDonald (Rosamond Vincy), Anita Reynolds (Mrs Vincy / Mrs Mawmsey / Mrs Abel), Andrew Richardson (Tertius Lydgate), Amanda Root ( George Eliot / Mrs Cadwallader), Nia Towle (Dorothea Brooke) and Molly Watton Williams (Understudy).
‘Good small work for Middlemarch, and great work for the world.’
As the community of Middlemarch confront the dawning of social progress and political reform – embraced by some and opposed by others – a series of private stories emerge.
Nina Raine's new stage adaptation brings George Eliot into the characters' world, as narrator, confidante and counsellor.
Described as one of the greatest works in English literature, Eliot’s respected and beloved novel set in her Warwickshire homeland is adapted for the Swan Theatre, directed by Jeremy Herrin and co-produced with Second Half Productions.
Joining Jeremy and Nina on the creative team are Set and Costume Designer Grace Smart, Lighting Designer Ben Jacobs, Composer Paul Englishby, Sound Designer Nicola T. Chang, Movement Director Lucy Cullingford, Dramaturg Rebecca Latham, Casting Directors Charlotte Sutton CDG and Christopher Worrall CDG, Music Director Nathan Feeney, Voice and Dialect Emma Woodvine and Associate Director Molly Stacey.
For tickets and more information: https://www.rsc.org.uk/middlemarch/ Box Office 01789 331111.
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