Learning on ScreenWinter’s Tale, The
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2002 production of The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Matthew Warchus with Douglas Hodge as Leontes.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2002
Credits
- Director
- Matthew Warchus
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Gary Yershon
- Production Design
- Vicki Mortimer
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Roundhouse, London
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1940s
- Plays
- Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Promenade performances
Notes
- Notes
- The RSC made video recordings of a performance at the Roundhouse and at the RST.
- General
- Warchus envisaged The Winter’s Tale in cinematic terms: the first half as 1940s film noir, the second as an evocation of a Coen brothers rural Appalachia. The production was criticised for the poorly executed American accents of the largely British cast.
- History
- Press night 12 April 2004. The first preview was cancelled and Press Night postponed due to the funeral of the Queen Mother.
- Reviews
- Jackson, Russell. Shakespeare Quarterly 54 (2003), pp167-85 (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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