Elsinore

Synopsis: A videorecording of Robert Lepage’s one-man version of Hamlet. The play is performed with a computer-controlled multimedia machine made up of modular flats that can be either performed or projected upon.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Notes: Robert Lepage in conversation with Richard Eyre, a transcript of a Platform Performance, 10 January 1997, Lyttelton Theatre can be read by visiting http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=2627. The interview was conducted when Elsinore was performed at the National Theatre, London. The text of the play can be downloaded from www.canadianshakespeares.ca
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows; Multimedia productions
Related items: Music of the ‘Speare