Refuse to Dance: The Theatre of Howard Barker
- Synopsis
- Looks at selected extracts from Howard Barker’s plays to reveal the social and political themes that inform his work. Focuses on the Royal Shakespeare’s 1985 season produced at the Barbican Theatre, London, and justaposes extracts with comments from actors, directors and critics. Includes segments of ‘Don’t Exaggerate’, ‘The Castle’, ‘No End of Blame’, ‘Scenes from an Execution’, Downchild’, ‘Played in History.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 52 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1986
- Availability
- Hire
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Barker, Howard; drama in English
Credits
- Writer
- Howard Barker
- Cast
David Whitaker Elizabeth Rider Guy Fithen Harriet Walter Ian McDiarmid Katharine Rogers Maggie Steed Paul Freeman Penny Downie Steve Swinscoe Tony Matthews
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Mingflow
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council of Great Britain
- Phone
- 020 7973 6455
- Fax
- 020 7973 6581
- Address
- London
SW1P 3NG
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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