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Two Roses for Richard III

Synopsis
Video recording. The production combines Shakespeare’s text with circus, multimedia, visual metaphor and aerial choreography inspired by the events of the War of the Roses. Richard is played by several actors. A co-production between Companhia Bufomecânica from Brazil and the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned for the World Shakespeare Festival. Spoken in Brazilian Portuguese.
Language
Portuguese (Brazil)
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Notes
In Portuguese with English surtitles.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Promenade performances; Multimedia productions; World Shakespeare Festival 2012

Credits

Director
Claúdio Baltar; Fábio Ferreira
Production Design
Brigida Baltar
Costume
Rosa Magalhães
Cast
Carol Machado 
Carolina Virguez 
João Lucas Romero 
Julia Lund 
Marcelle Sampaio 
Marcio Vito 
Rafael Sardão 
Rafael Veríssimo 
Raquel Karro 
Renato Rocha 
Savio Moll 
Thierry Tremouroux 

Production Company

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

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Birthplace Collections

Email
collections@shakespeare.org.uk
Web
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
Address
Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
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