2016 Season Archive
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: TABLE MANNERS
A HISTORIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DORSET THEATRE, THE WESTON PLAYHOUSE, AND NORTHERN STAGE
JUNE 16 - JULY 2
By ALAN AYCKBOURN
Directed by EVAN YIONOULIS
Starring
MARK LIGHT-ORR as Reg
RICHARD GALLAGHER as Norman
ASHTON HEYL as Ruth
CAITLIN CLOUTHIER as Sarah
JENNI PUTNEY as Annie
DAVID MASON as Tom
Scenic Design by DAVID ARESNAULT
Costume Design by CHARLES SCHOONMAKER
Lighting Design by STUARD DUKE
Sound Design by JANE SHAW
Production Stage Manager DANIELLE ZANDRI
In a historic collaboration with Vermont’s Weston Playhouse and Northern Stage, DTF presented Table Manners, the second play in Alan Ayckbourn’s acclaimed comic trilogy, The Norman Conquests. Northern Stage presented the first play, Living Together in the spring of 2016, and The Weston Playhouse presented the third play, Round and Round the Garden, in July and August.
All three companies shared a cast and creative team. Dorset Theatre Festival’s production was helmed by renowned director Evan Yionoulis, known to regional audiences for her recent revival of Hapgood at Williamstown Theatre Festival. The trilogy is both wildly comic and poignant, as the complex relationships among six characters are examined. All three plays are set during the sexual revolution of the 1970s and take place over the same weekend at an English country estate. Each play takes place in a different part of the house with Dorset Theatre Festival’s Table Manners taking place in the dining room.
NEWSROOM
Conquering ‘The Norman Conquests’ Without Going Broke-American Theatre Magazine
Table Manners Review by Telly Halkias-Manchester Journal
Table Manners Review by Alex Brown-Seven Days
‘Norman’s Conquests’ aims to capture Dorset by Andrew McKeever-Manchester Journal