Much Ado About Nothing
- Synopsis
- Video recording using a single camera of a performance of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Declan Donnellan. Matthew Macfadyen is Benedict and Saskia Reeves is Beatrice.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 30 Jun 1998
- Duration
- 150 mins
Credits
- Director
- Declan Donnellan
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- Nick Ormerod
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Playhouse Theatre, London
- Theatre company
- Cheek By Jowl
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Edwardian
- Plays
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multicultural casting
Notes
- Notes
- This production was also videotaped by Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) at a performance at the Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY 4 April 1998. This production is catalogued separately.
- History
- This production was first performed on February 12, 1998 at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham.
- Reviews
- Dessen, Alan C. Shakespeare Bulletin 17, no. 1 (1999), pp. 5-7 (in review-article); Smallwood, Robert. Shakespeare Survey 52 (1999), pp. 229-53 (especially 233-35).
Archive
- Name
V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance
- tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/nvap/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7942 2697
- Fax
- 020 7471 9864
- Address
- Blythe House
23 Blythe Road
London
W14 0QX
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/14579 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)