Pericles

Synopsis: National Theatre recording, on a single, fixed camera, of The Ninagawa Company’s production of Pericles, directed by Yukio Ninagawa and designed by Tsukasa Nakagoshi.
Language: Japanese
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2 Apr 2003
Duration: 195 (incl. interval).
Availability: A production of this staging is contained within the 3-DVD set Sai no Kuni Shakespeare - Yukio Ninagawa x William Shakespeare DVD Box (Catalog No. PCBE-51242; ISBN 4988013825505) available from www.cdjapan.co.jp. The set also contains Twelfth Night

Notes: The performance is in Japanese with English surtitles and includes a 20-minute interval.
History: Produced by Horipro and the Ninagawa Company at Sainokuni Arts Theatre, Saltama 19 February-16 March 2003; and at the Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London 28 March-5 April 2003. Matinee performance recorded.

Masaaki Uchino	Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Kayoko Shiraishi	Gower
Yuko Tanaka	Thaisa
Yuko Tanaka	Marina
Kayoko Shiraishi	Dionyza
Hiroki Okawa	Thaliard
Hitomi Kageyama	Lychorida
Hitomi Kageyama	Diana
Kayoko Shiraishi	Bawd
Kenichi Ishii	Fisherman (2)
Kenichi Ishii	Boult
Masafumi Senoo	Fisherman (3)
Massachika Ichimura	Lysimachus
Massachika Ichimura	Simonides, King of Pentapolis
Sakae Umezu	Fisherman (1)
Takahide Tashiro	Helicanus
Tetsuro Sagawa	Cerimon
Tetsuro Sagawa	Antiochus
Yuki Tsukikawa	Daughter of Antiochus
Yutaka Suzuki	Philemon

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