During one of the final dress rehearsals, George Innes suffered a broken ankle and as a result was replaced for several of the performances. He subsequently returned to the show, first in a wheelchair and then on crutches, showing incredable bravery and determination. I have tried to include all the alterations in the casting of various parts above. However my memory may be faulty, so I will take this opportunity to apologise for any mistakes. If anyone spots a mistake, on this page or any other, then I urge you to let me know, so that I may correct it.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona was chosen to be the first play to be performed at the new Globe theatre because it is a play about friendship. Also, since it is one of the less well known plays the audience had fewer preconceptions. It was performed in modern dress, which usually puts me off a play immediately, but somehow in this case it didn't. Maybe it was down to the fact that it was the first play I'd seen at the Globe, maybe because the company did it so very well despite somewhat primative conditions, but more probably a combination of the two. Either way it has altered a very long held prejudice of mine.
I attended only a few performances, once as a paying member of the audience and maybe half a dozen times as a volunteer steward, yet even now over three years and many hundreds of other performances later I can still hear the voices of that cast and see the expressions on their faces.
This page first appeared in May 1998.
Last update by R. Thomson - 17th November 1999.
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