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tIcKets From £14£5 tIcKets For 16-25 year olds

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sWan theatre stratFord-upon-aVon

From 2 February – 9 march 2012

company teresa banham

GeoFFrey beeVers

stephen boxer

raymond coulthard

dona croll

marty cruIcKshanK

laura darrall

catherIne hamIlton

dIana Kent

yousseF KerKour

catherIne mccormacK

Ian mIdlane

sarah oVens

danIel steWart

sImon thorp

dIrector nancy mecKler

desIGner KatrIna lIndsay

lIGhtInG ben ormerod

musIc Ilona seKacz

sound John leonard

moVement lIz ranKen

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In a conVent In mexIco one oF the brIGhtest Women oF her GeneratIon strIVes to reconcIle her loVe For God WIth her desIre For learnInG and acclaIm. Her gift for writing plays and poetry is celebrated by the Court, but her success creates alarm and jealousy within the Church. Persecuted by a zealous archbishop and betrayed by those closest to her, Sister Juana’s fragile world is threatened by dangerous ambition and illicit desires.

Inspired by the life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, writer of House of Desires, The Heresy of Love is written by Helen Edmundson, whose other playwrighting credits include Coram Boy for the National Theatre. Nancy Meckler directs following her production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre earlier this year. Sor Juana will be played by Catherine McCormack, whose recent theatre credits include Top Girls, Nora in A Doll’s House directed by Sir Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal Bath and Six Characters in Search of an Author directed by Rupert Goold. the rsc literary department is generously

supported by the drue heInz trust

the rsc ensemble is generously supported by the Gatsby charItable FoundatIon and

the KoVner FoundatIon