Two Roses for Richard III

Synopsis: Video recording. The production combines Shakespeare’s text with circus, multimedia, visual metaphor and aerial choreography inspired by the events of the War of the Roses. Richard is played by several actors. A co-production between Companhia Bufomecânica from Brazil and the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned for the World Shakespeare Festival. Spoken in Brazilian Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese (Brazil)
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound

Director

Claúdio Baltar; Fábio Ferreira

Production Design

Brigida Baltar

Costume

Rosa Magalhães

Cast

Theatre: Courtyard Theatre, The
Theatre company: Companhia Bufomecânica
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Elizabethan
Plays: Richard III
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Promenade performances; Multimedia productions; World Shakespeare Festival 2012

Notes: In Portuguese with English surtitles.
General: The production begins in promenade and moves into The Courtyard Theatre.
History: The production was staged at The Courtyard Theatre 7-12 May 2012 and then at the Roundhouse, London.
Reviews: "Clarence swings to his death on a ladder; murderers hurl themselves down ropes; the princes in the towers are suspended in gilded cages like a couple of little Hansels. Just describing the show makes me want to see it. However, it’s like a meal that looks substantial but leaves you hungry. For all its visual swagger, it has little inner life '... In the end, Companhia Bufomecânica offer the skeleton of the play, but no glimpse into its tragic soul". [From Lyn Gardner’s review in The Guardian 22 May 2012].

Sonia Massai at http://bloggingshakespeare.com/year-of-shakespeare-two-roses-for-richard-iii

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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