As You Like It

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1989 production of As You Like It. Directed by John Caird with Sophie Thompson as Rosalind.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 11 Jan 1990
Duration: 180 mins

Director

John Caird

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Ilona Sekacz

Production Design

Ultz

Choreographer

Matthew Bourne

Cast

General: Children were played by Paul Brookes, Andrew Kwan, Robert Langley, Ray Lawley, Charlotte O’Dowd, Louise Potter, Charlotte Potts, Minna Zouhou.
History: Press night 13 September 1989.
Stills: Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews: Snallwood, Robert, As You Like It (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2003). [Discusses post World War II Royal Shakespeare Company productions of As You Like It, focusing on directorial approaches to staging the court, the Forest of Arden, the relationship of Rosalind and Celia, Rosalind (especially her cross-dressing), Jaques and Touchstone, the rustics, and the revelry of the final scene. Discusses productions by Herbert M. Prentice, Glen Byam Shaw, Michael Elliott, David Jones , Buzz Goodbody, Trevor Nunn, Terry Hands, Adrian Noble, John Caird, David Thacker, Steven Pimlott, and Gregory Doran].

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

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