Cardenio

Synopsis: Video recording of the 2011 Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Cardenio directed by Gregory Doran. The play Double Falsehood is claimed to be an adaptation of a lost play by Shakespeare, based on the story of Cardenio in Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Such a play, by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, was first performed in 1612. Using this and other sources, Gregory Doran re-imagines the story.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Notes: An interview with director Greg Doran about the background to his re-imagining of Shakespeare’s ‘lost play’ Cardenio is available at http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/cardenio/interview-with-greg-doran.aspx. Doran’s blog on the production in progress is available at http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/blogs/?group=reimagining-cardenio (both sites accessed 4/2011).

For a critical assessment of the RSC’s trailer for the show see http://bardbox.wordpress.com/?s=cardenio (accessed 8/2011).
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Director

Gregory Doran

Writer

John Fletcher (2); William Shakespeare

Music

Paul Englishby

Production Design

Niki Turner

Cast

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB