Don Quixote - the Last Knight in La Mancha

written and directed by
Jason Maher

The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury
20 - 21 December 2006

Don Quixote -   Gerard Charles Sancho Panza - Padre -   Cymon Snow Niece - Dona Tolosa -   Genevieve Swift

The Theatre, Chipping Norton July 2005 Don Quixote -   Gerard Charles Sancho Panza - Padre -   Cymon Snow Niece - Dona Tolosa - Knight of Mirrors -   Genevieve Swift

The Everyman, Cheltenham February 2006 Don Quixote -   Richard Latham Sancho Panza - Padre -   Cymon Snow Niece - Dona Tolosa -   Genevieve Swift

"In a village in La Mancha, whose name I do not care to recall, there dwelt not so long ago one of those old country gentlemen who kept an unused lance, an old shield, a greyhound for racing, and a skinny old horse..."

Don Quixote is so obsessed with romantic tales of chivalry, that he has decided to become a knight himself, not least to impress a local peasant girl whom he imagines to be the beautiful maiden, Dulcinea. He convinces his long suffering squire, Sancho Panza to join him on numerous adventures, often causing more harm than good in spite of their noble intentions.
This is the story of a sane madman and a wise fool. A story of love and self-realisation, filled with unforgettable characters.

“Don Quixote stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon."
Vladimir Nabokov

“The true spell of Cervantes is that he is a natural magician in pure story-telling."
V.S. Pritchett