Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis: Video recording of the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Troilus and Cressida, directed for stage by Mark Wing-Davey and videotaped for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker. Neal Huff and Elizabeth Marvel in the title roles.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 22 Aug 1995
Duration: 1990 mins

Theatre: Delacorte Theatre, Central Park, New York City
Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: Troilus and Cressida
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); New York Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare Marathon (1987-1997)

Reviews: Ben Brantley, New York Times (18 August 1995). Brantley writes `... snippets of APOCALYPSE NOW and PLATOON, clunky gladiator movies, a college debate forum, the Penthouse version of ‘Caligula’, something involving a mummy’s curse and a very stylized production of a Moliere play. And that’s only for starters...But at some point, disparate ingredients must be melded into a fluid style that lets the story tell itself. Here, you can’t see the play for the anachronistic clutter. (Why is Ulysses reading a Dianetics magazine? Is that a laptop computer Troilus has brought on stage with him for his penultimate scene? And what on earth is that motorized peacock?)'.

Name: Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
Email: toft@nypl.org
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Address: Billy Rose Theatre Collection
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New York,New York
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USA

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