She has also been on stage in Chekhov's play, "The Cherry Orchard," at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Alan Ayckbourn's play, "Absurd Person Singular," at the Criterion Theatre in London, Sam Shepard's play, "Buried Child," at Hampstead Theatre, Louise Page's play, "Beauty and the Beast," at the Old Vic.
This is not her first appearance with the RSC she was Gertrude in the 2001 production of Hamlet. Also in 2001 she appeared in "Love in a Wood" and "Robin Hood"
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| Marty Cruikshank as Brigida in 2011 RSC;s The Heresy of Love. Photo by Robert Day.
She will play the Duchess of York in Richard II. She's the only maternal figure in the play. When York turns
viciously on his son and decides to go tell the king to kill him for
treason, she tries to stop him and eventually shows up at court to beg for
her son's life.
Aside
from this moment, we don't see much of the Duchess of York, but she's a
pretty important figure nevertheless. When she opposes her husband and
defends her son to the king, she shows us that, for some, family loyalty
is much more important than loyalty to the king. - shmoop.com
"Pleads he in earnest? look upon his face; His eyes do drop no tears, his prayers are in jest; His words come from his mouth, ours from our breast: He prays but faintly and would be denied; We pray with heart and soul and all beside" |
