====== Tragedy: A Comedy (Trinity, 2011) ======

{{ :shows:tragedy.png?200 |tragedy poster}}

[[shows:first|First]] | [[shows:batman|Previous]] | [[shows:snow_queen|Next]] | [[shows:latest|Latest]]

//Have you ever wondered who would win in a fight between Romeo, Macbeth and Hamlet? 

WELL NOW YOU CAN FIND OUT!

Shakespeare as you've never seen him before!//

===== Cast =====

  * **Romeo** - [[member: Emma New|Emma]] //"that arse!"// [[member: Emma New|New]] //(St Hildas)//
  * **Macbeth** - [[member: Martin Corcoran|Martin]] //"pribbling flapdragon"// [[member: Martin Corcoran|Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)//
  * **Hamlet** - [[member: Jenni Goodchild|Jenni]] //"I'm all man!"// [[member: Jenni Goodchild|Goodchild]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Juliet** - [[member: Rhoslyn Beckwith|Rhoslyn]] //"all those men, all those tights!"// [[member: Rhoslyn Beckwith|Beckwith]] with //(St. Hilda's)//
  * **Mercutio** - [[member: Alice Young|Alice]] //"Wooooo! And all that"// [[member: Alice Young|Young]] //(Hertford)//
  * **Nursey** - [[member: Sam Young|Sam]] //"his buttocks aren't half as nice"// [[member: Sam Young|Young]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Father Lawrence** - [[member: Jonathan Sims|Jonathan]] //"four grams of mescaline"// [[member: Jonathan Sims|Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)//
  * **Tybalt** - [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury|Perry]] //"terribly dexterous hands!'// [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury|Hartland-Asbury]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Ophelia** - [[member: Olivia Upchurch|Olivia]] //"Let's get you home"// [[member: Olivia Upchurch|Upchurch]] //(Jesus)//
  * **Lady Macbeth** - [[member: Sasha McKenna|Sasha]] //"see **this** dagger?"// [[member: Sasha McKenna|McKenna]] //(St Hildas)//
  * **Montague 1** - Emily //"We'll take him home"// Robotham
  * **Montague 2** - [[member: Richard Owen|Richard]] //"he's dead"// [[member: Richard Owen|Owen]] //(Ex-Lincoln)//
  * **Rosencrantz** - [[member: Rebecca Nightingale|Rebecca]] //"Sweet-bottom grass"// [[member: Rebecca Nightingale|Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)//
  * **Guildenstern** - Péter //"perfect"// Connell
  * **Banquo** - [[member: Morgan Wilkinson|Morgan]] //"that's not your eye"// [[member: Morgan Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)//
  * **Old Hamlet (The King)** - [[member: Holly Morgan|Holly]] //"unfiddled with"// [[member: Holly Morgan|Morgan]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Shakespeare** - [[member: Jessica Law|Jessica]] //"shut up, Marlowe!"// [[member: Jessica Law|Law]] //(St.Anne's)//
  * **Marlowe** - [[member: Bryn Griffiths|Bryn]] //"government spy"// [[member: Bryn Griffiths|Griffiths]] //(New College)//
  * **Witch 1** - Pippin //"chocolate statue of Voldemort" (Magdalen)//
  * **Witch 2** - [[member: Aya Matsumoto|Aya]] //"Ooh! Free Corpse!"// [[member: Aya Matsumoto|Matsumoto]]
  * **Witch 3** - [[member: Ben Below|Ben]] //"First born son!"// [[member: Ben Below|Below]] //(Worcester)//
===== Production =====

  * **Written by** - [[member: Asha Hartland-Asbury|Asha]] //"It's a very serious work of literature!"// [[member: Asha Hartland-Asbury|Hartland-Asbury]] //(Brasenose)//
  * **Director** - [[member:Aya Matsumoto]] and [[member:Ben Below]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Musical Director** - [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Producer** - [[member:Morgan Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)// and [[member:Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)//
===== Script and Programme =====
{{ :shows:tragedy_script.pdf |}}
===== Flosscars Wins =====

|**Best Hero**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Romeo|
|**The "M-Tropolis and M-Town" award for Best Double Act/Couple**|[[member:Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// and [[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for MacBeth and Father Lawrence|
|**Best Portrayal of a Member of the Opposite Sex**|[[member:Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for Nursey|
|**Best Writer**|[[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]] //(Brasenose)//|
|**Best fluff/fuck-up/cock-up during a performance**|[[member:Alice Young]] //(Hertford)// for "Romeo! I'm so glad I've killed you! I mean found you!"|
|**The "Dan Artus" Award for Best Worst Line-learner**|[[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Father Lawrence|
===== Flosscars Nominations =====

|**Best Hero**|[[member:Jenni Goodchild]] //(Mansfield)// for Hamlet|
|**Best Heroine**|[[member:Rhoslyn Beckwith]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Juliet|
|**Best Bad Guy / Villain**|[[member:Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth \\ Pippin //(Magdalen)//, [[member:Aya Matsumoto]] and [[member:Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// for The Witches|
|**The "M-Tropolis and M-Town" award for Best Double Act/Couple**|[[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// and [[member:Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for Nursey and Father Lawrence \\ [[member:Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)// and [[member:Bryn Griffiths]] //(New College)// for Shakespeare and Marlowe|
|**Best Portrayal of a Member of the Opposite Sex**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Romeo \\ [[member:Alice Young]] //(Hertford)// for Mercutio \\ [[member:Jenni Goodchild]] //(Mansfield)// for Hamlet|
|**The "Tom Reynolds" Award for most Spurious Accent**|[[member:Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth|
|**Best Directing Team**|[[member:Aya Matsumoto]], [[member:Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// |
|**Best Song**|[[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for So Much Fun to be a Shakespeare Zombie|
|**Best Costume**|[[member:Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth \\ [[member:Alice Young]] //(Hertford)// for Mercutio \\ [[member:Rhoslyn Beckwith]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Juliet's Wedding Dress \\ [[member:Olivia Upchurch]] //(Jesus)// for her dress (post paddling pool...)|
|**Best Prop**|[[member:Morgan Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)// and [[member:Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)// for The Balcony|
|**Best fluff/fuck-up/cock-up during a performance**|[[member:Rhoslyn Beckwith]] //(St. Hilda's)// for forgetting the song and singing "I don't know what the words are" instead \\ [[member:Olivia Upchurch]] //(Jesus)// and the paddling pool for failed trajectories|
|**Best Ad Lib**|[[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for the crime fighting with Jesus dream \\ [[member:Marcus Garner-Hatcher]] //(Lincoln)// for being a tree \\ [[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// and [[member:Martin Corcoran]] (//St. Edmund Hall)// for "Aaargh! Thar be Oxford, ripe for the plunderin'!" / "Och Aye, I'm in trouble again!" \\ [[member:Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for nothing specific, as all his lines seemed as-libbed...|
|**The "Dan Artus" Award for Best Worst Line-learner**|[[member:Richard Owen]] //(Ex-Lincoln)// for Montague 2|
|**The "Ooh you luvvie" Award for actually being able to act**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Romeo \\ [[member:Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth \\ [[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Father Lawrence|
|**The "Beyond the Call of Duty" Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty**|[[member:Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for having to kiss Jonny|

{{topic>tragedy +song list&nodesc&nouser&nodate}}

{{tag>show}}