An Tir Players
"Take pains; Be perfect!" Act I, Sc. II of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream" Wllm. Shakespeare
The An Tir Players (aka An Tir Plaiers) is a group of actors dedicated to presenting excellent Shakespeare (although we are also open to other plays by contemporaries of Shakespeare) to whoever will sit and watch.
The troupe was founded by Viscountess Chiara Fiamma from Dansecombe, who has a passion for all things Shakespeare, and who wanted to draw together more dedicated thespians in bringing Shakespeare to life in An Tir again. We are also associated with the Bards of An Tir (aka: The BOAT).
The members of the An Tir Players are from ALL OVER the Kingdom and "rehearse" via Skype. Thus anyone can be a part of the show no matter where you live, assuming you can get to the event that we're presenting the play at. We have little props or staging, no blocking (for the most part) and usually only rehearse face-to-face an hour or so before presenting a play... which is pretty darn close how it was done in period... and we use a prompter for the occasional missed line (which is also period).
So far no-one has thrown rotten fruit at us, so we must be doing ok.
To date, An Tir Players have presented:
- "Twelfth Night or What You Will" at July Coronation 2013
- "Twelfth Night or What You Will" at 12th Night Coronation 2014
- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Kingdom A&S/Bardic Championships 2014
- "Taming of the Shrew" at September Crown 2014
- "Coriolanus" at 12th Night 2015
- "MacBeth" at An Tir A&S/Bardic, 2015
- "The Commoner King" at September Crown 2015
... in addition to several "Scenes From..." presentations at various events...
Find us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/491958407532352/
Frequent and reoccurring cast members include:
Chiara Fiamma | Jason Silvertongue | Jacob Faulkbourne | Martin le Harpur of Faulkbourne | Annik de Venoix | Collette de Venoix | Roger Gridley |