Learning on ScreenAntony and Cleopatra
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1999 production of Antony and Cleopatra. Directed by Steven Pimlott with Alan Bates as Antony and Frances de la Tour as Cleopatra.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 15 Jul 1999
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Director
- Steven Pimlott
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Jason Carr
- Production Design
- Yolande Sonnabend
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Ancient Rome
- Plays
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Press night 23 June 1999. The production transferred to the Barbican.
- 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
- De La Tour, Frances ‘Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra’ in Smallwood. Robert (ed) Players of Shakespeare 5. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003) pp 212-30. [Frances de la Tour discusses her interpretation of the role of Cleopatra in Steven Pimlott’s production].
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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