Lament for a Year of Lost Theatre

Marking a whole year since we closed our doors, Artistic Director Gregory Doran has directed this short film using Shakespeare’s words to express our shared sense of loss.
The sonnets are spoken by actors Lucy Phelps and James Cooney, who were both on tour with us in Newcastle when the theatres closed on 16 March 2020, with musical accompaniment from our house band guitarist Nick Lee, playing John Dowland's "Lachrimae".

[@lyngilbert5684]

Oh, rip my heart into a thousand fragments....and then reassemble them in a puzzle of hope that spring...and theatre returns....thank you for this lovely lament....thank you for just that tiny glimmer of hope and resurrection. All Love

[@pattipage3109]

How beautiful was that and loved the photography too just want to be back there
SOON

[@beverlye739]

Thank you so much for this beautiful offering. A year of silence and endurance for theater, for art in the world, is made more bearable by the quiet sincerity of this lament. My best wishes to the RSC for renewed spirit in the coming season, a chance to begin again and with good energy.