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Richard III

Synopsis
Video recording of Robert Sturua’s Richard III first staged at the Edinburgh Festival in 1979 with Ramaz Chkhikvadze as Richard. The Arts Institute recording was made from a production which premiered 10 November 1989; the venue and cast are not known.
Language
Georgian
Country
Georgia
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Duration
150 mins

Credits

Director
Robert Sturua
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Gia Kancheli
Production Design
Mirian Shvelidze
Costume
Mirian Shvelidze

Additional Details

Theatre company
Georgian Rustaveli Company
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Richard III
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
Produced by Georgian Rustaveli Company at the Edinburgh Festival in the Royal Lyceum Theatre, 20-24 August 1979; and on tour through 1989.
Reviews
For an account by Sturua of this production, see ‘A Self-Portrait in Theatrical Interior’, Sovremennaya dramaturgia (Moscow) 4 (1983), pp. 250-61.]. Nico Kiasashuili ‘A Georgian Richard III’ in Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3. (Autumn 1980), p. 438-9 (in review article).

Archive

Name

Arts Institute-Theatre Institute

Email
info@institutumeni.cz
Web
http://institute.theatre.cz External site opens in new window
Phone
224 809 123
Fax
224 809 123
Address
Celetna 17
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic

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