Michael Boyd 2018 production

Christopher Marlowe's two-part play was turned into a three-hour epic for the Swan Theatre.

A man in a crown cries to the heavens.
Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine and company in Michael Boyd's 2018 production of Tamburlaine
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Cast

Salman Akhtar - Magnetes/Capolin/Amyras
Sagar I M Arya - Bajazeth/Trebizon
Raj Bajaj - Ceneus/Argier/Calyphas
Shamia Chalabi - Persian Courtier/Natolian Messenger
James Clyde - Menaphon/Morocco/Jerusalem
Anton Cross - Celebinus/Persian Soldier
Ralph Davis - Agydas/Arabia/Orcanes
Ross Green - Ortygius/Frederick/Tunis/Captain
Mark Hadfield - Mycetes/Soldan/Almeda/Amasia
Zainab Hasan - Anippe/Olympia
Naveed Khan - Kasap
Debbie Korley - Zabina/Syria
Rosy McEwen - Zenocrate/Callapine
Jude Owusu - Tamburlaine
Sam Pay - Mycetes' Spy/Persian Soldier
Riad Richie - Usumcasane
David Rubin - Techelles
Vivienne Smith - Persian Courtier/Ebea/First Virgin
David Sturzaker - Cosroe/Fez/Sigismund
Yasmin Taheri - Persian Courtier/Second Virgin
James Tucker - Meander/Basso/Baldwin/Perdicas
Edmund Wiseman - Theridamas

 

Creatives

Director - Michael Boyd
Designer - Tom Piper
Lighting - Colin Grenfell
Music - James Jones
Sound - Claire Windsor
Movement - Liz Ranken
Fights - Terry King

Play Trailer

IN PHOTOS

Production Photos

Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine in Tamburlaine.

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Mark Hadfield as Mycetes in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine and Mark Hadfield as Mycetes in Tamburlaine.

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David Rubin as Techelles, Zainab Hasan as Anippe, Rosy McEwen as Zenocrate, Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine, Ralph Davis as Agydas, Salman Akhtar as Capolin, Riad Richie as Usumcasane and Naveed Khan as Kasap in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine, David Sturzaker as Cosroe and the Company in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine and James Tucker as Basso in Tamburlaine.

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Sagar I M Arya as Bajazeth and the Company in Tamburlaine. 

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Debbie Korley as Zabina in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine and Rosy McEwen as Zenocrate in Tamburlaine.

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Raj Bajaj as Ceneus, Ross Green as Ortygius, David Sturzaker as Cosroe and James Clyde as Menaphon in Tamburlaine.

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Sagar I M Arya as Bajazeth in Tamburlaine.

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Debbie Korley as Zabina in Tamburlaine.

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Rosy McEwen as Zenocrate in Tamburlaine.

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Zainab Hasan as Anippe in Tamburlaine.

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Edmund Wiseman as Theridamas, Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine, Riad L Richie as Usumcasane, David Rubin as Techelles and Salman Akhtar as Amyras in Tamburlaine.

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Sagar I M Arya as King of Trebizon, Ralph Davis as Orcanes and Debbie Korley as King of Syria in Tamburlaine.

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Rosy McEwen as Callapine and Mark Hadfield as Almeda in Tamburlaine.

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James Tucker as Meander and Mark Hadfield as Mycetes in Tamburlaine. 

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Rosy McEwen as Zenocrate, Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine and Salman Akhtar as Amyras in Tamburlaine.

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Edmund Wiseman as Theridamas and Zainab Hasan as Olympia in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine and the Company in Tamburlaine.

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Vivienne Smith as Ebea, Debbie Korley as Zabina, and Shamia Chalabi as Turkish Messenger in Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine in Tamburlaine.

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Ralph Davis as Orcanes, Sagar I M Arya as King of Trebizon, Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine, Debbie Korley as King of Syria and James Clyde as King of Jerusalem in Tamburlaine.

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Rosy McEwen as Zenocrate and Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine in Tamburlaine.

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Ross Green as Captain of Balsera and Edmund Wiseman as Theridamas in Tamburlaine.

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Yasmin Taheri as Virgin of Damascus in Tamburlaine.

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Sam Pay as Mycetes' Spy in Tamburlaine.

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Anton Cross as Celebinus in Tamburlaine.

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REHEARSAL PHOTOS

Salman Akhtar, Riad L Richie, Jude Owusu, James Clyde and Anton Cross in rehearsals for Tamburlaine. 

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Anton Cross, Salman Akhtar, Edmund Wiseman, Jude Owusu, Riad L Richie, Naveed Khan and David Rubin in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Sagar I M Arya and the Company in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Mark Hadfield and Rosy McEwen in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Salman Akhtar, Ralph Davis and Jude Owusu in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Ralph Davis in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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James Clyde and David Sturzaker in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Jude Owusu in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Anton Cross, Sagar I M Arya, Ralph Davis, Edmund Wiseman, Debbie Korley and James Clyde in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Riad L Richie and David Sturzaker in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Sagar I M Arya and Debbie Korley in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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David Sturzaker in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Matthew Dann and Michael Boyd in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Zainab Hasan in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Riad L Richie and Yasmin Taheri in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Edmund Wiseman and Ross Green in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Raj Bajaj in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Riad L Richie and Yasmin Taheri in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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Naveed Khan and James Tucker in rehearsals for Tamburlaine.

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