Learning on ScreenMeasure for Measure
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 1994 Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Measure for Measure. Directed by Steven Pimlott with Alex Jennings as Angelo and Stella Gonet as Isabella.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 1 Dec 1994
- Duration
- 165 mins
Credits
- Director
- Steven Pimlott
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Jason Carr
- Production Design
- Ashley Martin-Davis
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1990s
- Plays
- Measure for Measure
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William
Notes
- Notes
- A second recording was made at the Barbican 14 June 1995.
- General
- The cast included 50 extras, swelling crowd scenes and filling a courtroom for the play’s final scene.
- History
- Press night 20/10/1994. The production transferred to the Barbican and then on tour.
- 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
- Dessen, Alan Shakespeare Bulletin 14, no. 1 (1996), pp508 (in review article).
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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