External video: Rally for the Rose (Ben Prusiner), 21 November 2020
Citation
RTT and Ben Prusiner , “External video: Rally for the Rose (Ben Prusiner), 21 November 2020,” Rose Theatre Archive (since the 1989 discovery), accessed June 19, 2026, https://collection.rosetheatrearchive.co.uk/items/show/5871.
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Title
External video: Rally for the Rose (Ben Prusiner), 21 November 2020
Subject
External video
Description
Fundraising video (1:41:20) with various contributors from Dame Judi Dench to Sir Simon Hughes and others involved in the 1989 protests that saved the Rose and the following decades of preserving the site with readings from 1989, etc. Produced for the 30th Anniversary Gala in 2019.
Written & Directed by Ben Prusiner
Introduced by Dame Judi Dench & Sir Ian McKellen.
Endorsed by Sir Patrick Stewart.
Starring (in alphabetical order)
Shane David-Joseph – Kit Marlowe / English Heritage Rep
Sir Simon Hughes – MP Simon Hughes
Jonathan Livingstone – Ned Alleyn
Fiona Munro – Stage Directions / Will Shakespeare
Lily Nichol – Joan Alleyn
Michael Pennington – Thomas Beard / Famous Actor
Jeff Rawle – Philip Henslowe
Jane Sidell – Archaeologist
Christina Skaife – Demonstrator
and
Dame Janet Suzman – Elizabeth I / PM Margaret Thatcher
Written & Directed by Ben Prusiner
Introduced by Dame Judi Dench & Sir Ian McKellen.
Endorsed by Sir Patrick Stewart.
Starring (in alphabetical order)
Shane David-Joseph – Kit Marlowe / English Heritage Rep
Sir Simon Hughes – MP Simon Hughes
Jonathan Livingstone – Ned Alleyn
Fiona Munro – Stage Directions / Will Shakespeare
Lily Nichol – Joan Alleyn
Michael Pennington – Thomas Beard / Famous Actor
Jeff Rawle – Philip Henslowe
Jane Sidell – Archaeologist
Christina Skaife – Demonstrator
and
Dame Janet Suzman – Elizabeth I / PM Margaret Thatcher
Creator
RTT and Ben Prusiner
Rights
Rose Theatre Trust
Identifier
2020-11-21_RTT and Prusiner_Rally for the Rose_Rose Playhouse screengrab 1_digital.pdf