Winter’s Tale, The

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the RSC’s 2006 promenade production of The Winter’s Tale directed by Dominic Cooke. Anton Lesser is Leontes.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 9 Dec 2006
Duration: 190 (inc. interval)

Theatre: Swan Theatre
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: 1960s
Plays: Winter’s Tale, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Promenade performances; Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)

Notes: Dominic Cooke’s detailed comments on all aspects of the production in an interview with Paul Allen can be heard at http://www.rsc.org.uk/content/3126.aspx (accessed 5/2007).
History: The production played in repertory 26 October 2006 - 6 January 2007 as part of the Complete Works Festival and from 9-18 February 2007 at Davidson College, North Carolina, USA. The play was in repertory with Pericles.
Reviews: Billington, Michael. The Guardian (16 November 2006).

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
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