Learning on ScreenJulius Caesar
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 1993 Royal Shakespeare Company’s promenade production of Julius Caesar. The play was set in Eastern Europe in the 1980s drawing strong parallels with the Velvet Revolution. Directed by David Thacker with Barry Lynch as Mark Antony and Jeffrey Kissoon as Brutus.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 24 Sep 1993
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Director
- David Thacker
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Mark Vibrans
- Production Design
- Fran Thompson
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Other Place, The
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1980s
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Promenade performances
Notes
- 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
- Holland, Peter Shakespeare Survey 47 (1995), pp 181-207. (review article). Fran Thompson’s comments on her choice of design for the play can be read by visiting http://www.rsc.org.uk/julius/past/thackers.html
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
- 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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