Learning on ScreenMuch Ado About Nothing
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Michael Addison’s 1989 production of Much Ado About Nothing for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival with Lura Dolas as Beatrice and Charles Shaw Robinson as Benedick.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 23 Sep 1989
- Duration
- 168 mins
Credits
- Director
- Michael Addison
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- John Thow
- Production Design
- Jeff Struckman
- Costume
- Warren Travis
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Julia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- Theatre company
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1980s
- Plays
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Berkeley Shakespeare Festival; Open-air theatre
Notes
- Stills
- The play is set in contemporary Miami Beach. Shakespeare’s Italian aristocrats have become resort proprietors, emigres from Latin America. Shakespeare’s wandering Renaissance warriors are now a group of musicians crashing between gigs.
Archive
- Name
Museum of Performance & Design
- reference@mpdsf.org
- Web
- http://www.mpdsf.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 415 755 4800 ext 818
- Address
- Veterans Building, 4th Floor
401 Van Ness Avenue 402
San Francisco
CA 94102
United States
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