Cardenio

Synopsis: Video recording of the 2011 Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Cardenio directed by Gregory Doran. The play Double Falsehood is claimed to be an adaptation of a lost play by Shakespeare, based on the story of Cardenio in Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Such a play, by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, was first performed in 1612. Using this and other sources, Gregory Doran re-imagines the story.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2011

Director

Gregory Doran

Writer

John Fletcher (2); William Shakespeare

Music

Paul Englishby

Production Design

Niki Turner

Cast

Notes: An interview with director Greg Doran about the background to his re-imagining of Shakespeare’s ‘lost play’ Cardenio is available at http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/cardenio/interview-with-greg-doran.aspx. Doran’s blog on the production in progress is available at http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/blogs/?group=reimagining-cardenio (both sites accessed 4/2011).

For a critical assessment of the RSC’s trailer for the show see http://bardbox.wordpress.com/?s=cardenio (accessed 8/2011).
History: The production ran 14 April to 16 October 2011. It was the first to play in the Swan following the opening of the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre and formed part of the RSC’s 50th birthday celebrations.

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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