An update on Susan Hill’s Printer’s Devil Court. This ghostly crime thriller is now available on audio, read by Steven Pacey.
One murky November evening, after a satisfying meal in their Fleet Street lodgings, a conversation between four medical students takes a curious turn, and Hugh is initiated into a dark secret. In the cellar of their narrow lodgings in Printer’s Devil Court and a little used mortuary in a subterranean annex of the hospital, they have begun to interfere with death itself, in shadowy experiments beyond the realms of medical ethics. They call on Hugh to witness an event both extraordinary and terrifying.
Years later Hugh has occasion to return to his student digs, and the familiar surroundings resurrect peculiar and unpleasant memories of these unnatural events, the true horror of which only slowly becomes apparent.
Steven celebrated his birthday backstage at the RSC on 5 June:
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What’s on Stage announced the full casting for RSC’s Volpone yesterday.
Trevor Nunn returns to the RSC to direct Ben Johnson’s Volpone. Full cast (in alphabetical order):
| CAST |
CHARACTER |
| Andy Apollo |
Bonario |
| Sheila Atim |
Attendant to Lady Politic Would-Be |
| Ankur Bahl |
Androgyno |
| Guy Burgess |
Judge/Merchant |
| Geoffrey Freshwater |
Corbaccio |
| Henry Goodman |
Volpone |
| Marcus Griffiths |
Commandatori |
| Rhiannon Handy |
Ceila |
| Simon Hedger |
Judge |
| Julian Hoult |
Castrone |
| Matthew Kelly |
Corvino |
| Jonathan Key |
Nano |
| Orion Lee |
Mosca |
| Annette McLaughlin |
Lady Politic Would-Be |
| Steven Pacey |
Sir Politic Would-Be |
| Miles Richardson |
Voltore |
| Richard Rees |
Judge |
| Colin Ryan |
Peregrine |
| Nav Sidhu |
Notary |
| Gabby Wong |
Attendant to Lady Politic Would-Be |
Volpone (Italian for “sly fox”) is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1606. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson’s most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean Era comedies.
Volpone is already a very rich man. But he worships gold, he understands greed, and he wants to get even richer. He knows that the bankers and lawyers and businessmen in the city around him will stop at nothing to make money… more and more money. Sound familiar?
Text from: RSC
Volpone
Swan Theatre
3 July – 12 Sept 2015
Download a detailed guide to sessions for both Volpone, and Steven’s concurrent play, The Jew of Malta.
An interesting interview with the director of The Jew of Malta, Justin Audibert. Recorded in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 23 March 2015.
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Steven Pacey has once again been long-listed for The Audible Sounds of Crime Award for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2014 in both printed and audio formats, with his rendition of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Guilt.
UPDATE 25 April, 2015: Unfortunately, Steven and Jussi didn’t proceed any further in the competition. Fingers crossed for next year!
BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcasting Black Bartlemy’s Treasure again today!
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Saturday, 11 April, 2015
6am
The program will then be available for two weeks following broadcast.
Martin Conisby (Steven Pacey) seeks vengeance on Sir Richard Brandon. A swashbuckling pirate adventure by Jeffrey Farnol.
Cast: Steven Pacey, Sean Barrett, Sean Arnold, Julia Swift and Ronald Herdman. Duration: 1.5 hours.
Originally broadcast in 1991.
There is no indication that the sequel to Black Bartlemy’s Treasure , that is Martin Consiby’s Vengeance, will be broadcast. Watch this space.
The Jew of Malta is receiving glowing reviews!
The play examines issues of racism, misuse of power, hypocrisy and religion. It prompted Charles Nicholl of The Guardian to pen The Jew of Malta – antisemitic or a satire on antisemitism?. You decide.
Also interesting: an interview with Jasper Britton, who plays Barabas.
Professional Reviews
“already there is good work from Steven Pacey as the virulently antisemitic Maltese governor”
“double-dealing antics of the governor Ferneze himself, played with a wonderful dash and smarmy brio by Steven Pacey”
“Steven Pacey’s resolute and commanding Governor Ferneze”
“Steven Pacey’s flinty governor”
“a steely, rasping Steven Pacey”
Amateur Reviews
“a fine performance from Steven Pacey”
“Steven Pacey’s Ferneze displays a recognisable statesman-like duplicity, as he schemes both with and against Barabas to defend his nation”
Truth and Lies, the sixth and final episode of Series 2 of the Blake’s 7 Classic Audio Adventures is released today by Big Finish.
Steven Pacey appears once again as Del Tarrant in an episode penned by Justin Richards. Other original cast include: Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon), Michael Keating (Vila Restal), Jan Chappell (Cally) and Tom Chadbon (Del Grant). They are joined by Alistair Lock as Orac/Zen. Listen to the Trailer.
The search for Dayna has led the crew of the Liberator half way across the galaxy, but now Avon knows why she left them. He knows where she went. He knows what she was looking for.
But can he find his missing crewmate before it is too late? The answers lie on a planet called Appallon Five – but so does danger and betrayal.
Written By: Justin Richards
Directed By: Lisa Bowerman
Available Now
Also available, these previous episodes:
Scimitar
Fortuitas
Mindset
Devil’s Advocate
The Guardian published an article today showcasing designer Lily Arnold’s breath-taking costumes for the RSC’s production of The Jew of Malta.
Lily Arnold’s design sketch for Ferneze; and, the realised costume for Steven Pacey.