Find out who's in the new game outside Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre
A NEW guessing game at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre features four people from Stratford – including the mayor – who line up with some of Shakespeare’s best-known characters.
The family fun challenge has been created by the Royal Shakespeare Company and involves players asking each a series of questions to whittle down just who the mystery person is.
The name of the game is ‘Who Is It That Can Tell Me Who I Am?’ which is a quote from King Lear. It is a big game for all the family to enjoy and is located on the Bancroft Terrace. Two players compete against other. Each player has a large wooden board (created by the RSC Workshops) in front of them with 16 faces on it, designed by artist Saadia Hipkiss. The faces include Shakespearean characters and some familiar Stratford residents.
Initially each player chooses a character (displayed on a giant ‘card’ that only they can see) at random. The other player has to work out which character their opponent has, by asking a series of questions such as ‘Do they wear glasses?’.
The responses from their opponent enables the player to narrow down the search, with them eliminating the faces in front of them by knocking them down and, eventually, the face their opponent has on their card is revealed. The winner is who guesses correctly first.
Mayor of Stratford Cllr Gill Cleeve is included and portrayed in all her mayoral finery wearing gown and hat. Gill said: “It’s an honour and privilege to be in there and anyone can play whether they are a resident or visitor. It works through a process of elimination it’s lovely to have representatives from the town taking part.”
Stratford resident and swan welfare officer, Cyril Bennis, has made it in on the game plan also and is depicted holding one of his cherished swans.
“It’s absolutely fabulous to be portrayed among the greats like Shakespeare, Cleopatra and Bottom. I am really chuffed and hope it’s a big success,” Cyril said.
The two other Stratfordians in the game are Stratford BID Street Ambassador leader, Shan Smith, for her “happy to help” approach to visitors and businesses, and Philip Caldicot for his work as a volunteer, charity supporter and community champion.
