Great Performances. Volume 1

Alternative title: RSC Great Performances
Synopsis: Excerpts from four productions in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1994/95 season in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Features Robert Stephens in Adrian Noble’s production of King Lear, together with interviews with Stephens and Noble. Toby Stephens, plays Coriolanus in the Swan Theatre and the film includes several excerpts from the David Thacker production. Also excerpts from Ian Judge’s Twelfth Night and Adrian Noble’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as an interview with Desmond Barrit who plays both Malvolio and Bottom.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min.
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1998
Year of production: 1995
Notes: A second volume was not produced.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Royal Shakespeare Company; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

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