A woman in a long dress raises a lantern beside a table where another performer lies slumped under deep blue stage light.

Rose Bruford College2021

Playhouse Creatures

The Production

Rose Bruford production of April De Angelis’s Restoration-era play about the first women to appear on the English stage.

32 photographs in the curated edit

Photography: Steve Gregson

Three performers gather around a small table with bottles and cups in blue stage light.

Two seated performers watch a woman in a cream dress pose beside a small table on a dark stage.

Two performers lean together laughing, one holding a bottle, with a stage sign visible behind them.

Three performers lift and billow a large cloth across a low platform set.

Two women in long dresses stand on a circular platform in front of a painted sun and side beams of light.

Two performers clutch together in front of a painted sun under warm stage light.

Three women stand on the circular platform while the central performer gestures outward.

Three women stand together on the platform as one in a pink dress throws both arms upward.

Three women face a fourth performer seen from behind across a stage with stools and a clothes rail.

A kneeling performer reaches forward with others moving behind on a stage decorated with clouds and a crescent moon.

Several performers occupy different areas of the stage while one lies face down near cloud props.

A performer holds up a small object while another in a red dress watches beside white cloud cutouts.

A performer speaks with arms raised in front of crescent moon and cloud props, lit by cool blue light.

A woman in a red dress raises one hand while two performers stand behind her in blue light.

A performer lifts a small object high as another reaches toward it beside cloud scenery.

A wide stage view shows performers arranged under purple-blue lighting around a circular platform.

An ensemble clusters tightly on the circular platform, with several performers leaning into a shared movement.

A performer in a waistcoat stands alone on the circular platform with one arm raised.

A performer in a white robe sits at a dressing table beside a mirror, clothes rail and basket.

A smiling performer in a waistcoat opens both arms wide against a dark stage background.

A wide view shows performers spread across the stage, with one standing on the circular platform.

A seated woman in a blue dress looks down at a performer sprawled on the floor beside her.

A bonneted woman in a blue dress raises one hand while standing close to another performer in white.

Five women stand in a line across the stage beside a single red stool.

A red-lit tableau shows performers gathered around a seated figure with fabric stretched across the stage.

Performers stand around a seated figure under warm red and amber stage light.

A woman in a red dress stands solemnly while a bonneted woman in blue holds her from behind.

A lone woman in a white dress stands center stage under blue light with other performers dimly visible around the space.

A woman in a white dress stands alone in a dark space with a narrow pool of light around her.

Six performers stand in a line facing forward under blue stage lighting.

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