Days of Significance

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single fixed camera, of Roy William’s play commissioned by the RSC for the Complete Works Festival. Two young soldiers join their friends for a drunken night out before they leave for active service in Iraq. Their complex love lives and mortal fears directly impact on their tour of duty. Williams uses the plot of Much Ado About Nothing as a springboard to examine the naive, adolescent and often racist values that many young British soldiers have exported to Iraq.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 18 Jan 2007
Duration: 90 mins

Director

Maria Aberg

Writer

Roy Williams

Production Design

Lizzie Clachan

Cast

Theatre: Swan Theatre
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: Much Ado About Nothing
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)
Related items: Front Row [03/01/2007]

Notes: The production was also videotaped by the National Video Archive of Performance using three cameras on March 28 2008 at the Tricycle Theatre. This performance is catalogued separately.
History: The production played at the Swan Theatre 10-20 January 2007 and 15-16 February 2007 at Davidson College, North Carolina, USA.
Reviews: Michael Billington. The Guardian (January 18, 2007).

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

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