Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Edinburgh International Festival/Royal Shakespeare Company production of Troilus and Cressida directed by Peter Stein with Henry Pettigrew and Annabel Scholey in the title roles.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 7 Sep 2007
Duration: 210 mins

Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Theatre company: Edinburgh International Festival
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Ancient Greece
Plays: Troilus and Cressida
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)

General: This production is Stein’s first Shakespeare staging in English.
History: Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Edinburgh International Festival, the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 14-26 August 2006; and at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 5-9 September 2006 as part of the Complete Works Festival,
Reviews: Altree, Clare. Shakespeare Bulletin 25, no. 1 (2007): 121-23. Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (16 August 2006). Gardner writes ...` At a stately three-and-a-half hours, it is handsome, well-behaved and just a little bit dull, despite the parade of bronzed, bare-chested Trojans in tiny shorts"

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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