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It is 1623, and 17-year old John has come to London to work as an apprentice typesetter, under the mentorship of printer Isaac Jaggard, on a potentially game-changing new commission.
But having persuaded Isaac to let him progress to setting from a confusing manuscript of ‘Macbeth’, John’s trauma begins to spill out onto the print shop floor. Why were those men so scared of his mother? And why are these children scurrying around with sheets of drying ink called… ‘devils’?
A play about the hidden fingerprints of history – produced in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio – that asks who the storytellers really are.
Cast & Creative Team Writer: Charlie Dupré
Director: Amie Burns Walker
Cast:
Harry Pudwell as John
Charlie Dupré as Isaac
Stage Manager: Roshan Conn
Sound Design: Adam McCready
Video Design: Rachel Sampley
Lighting Design: Danny Vavrečka
Graphic Design: Martha Hegarty
Marketing Consultant: Alex Chisholm
Dramaturgy: Ben Spiller (1623 Productions), Dogmouth Theatre
A Falling Sparrow Production