As You Like It

Synopsis
The Peter Hall Company production of As You Like It filmed on three cameras by V&A Theatre & Performance Collections, National Video Archive of Performance. Rebecca Hall is Rosalind.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
17 Dec 2004
Duration
146 mins

Credits

Director
Peter Hall
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Mick Sands
Production Design
John Gunter
Cast
Rebecca HallRosalind
Rebecca CallardCelia
Dan StevensOrlando
Michael SiberryTouchstone
Philip VossJaques
Charlotte ParryPhebe
David BarnabyAdam
David BarnabyCorin
David BirkinSilvius
Freddie StevensonOliver
Freddie StevensonAmiens
James CrossleyCharles
James CrossleyWilliam
James LaurensonDuke Senior
James LaurensonDuke Frederick
Janet GreavesAudrey
Kevin CollinsJaques de Boys
Robin Browne (2)Le Beau
Robin Browne (2)Sir Oliver Martext
Ronald FerneeDennis

Additional Details

Theatre
Rose of Kingston
Theatre company
Peter Hall Company
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
As You Like It
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The production was also recorded by the Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) at the Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music on January 21 2005 and is catalogued separately.
General
This production is the first time that Peter Hall had directed the play.
History
The production opened at the Theatre Royal, Bath on 13 August 2003. It toured the United States at the end of October and into 2004 and returned to tour in the UK at the end of 2004.
Reviews
Collins, Jane Shakespeare Bulletin 23, no. 2 (2005), pp.71-44. Shuttleworth, Ian Financial Times (London) 13 December 2004.

Archive

Name

V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance

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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "As You Like It". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36557 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)