Pericles

Synopsis: A video recording of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s 2005 modern dress, minimalist, multicultural production of Pericles. Marcello Magni is Master of Physical Play.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2005

Director

Kathryn Hunter

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Stephen Warbeck

Production Design

Liz Cooke

Cast

Robert Lucksay	Pericles the Younger (Pericles, Prince of Tyre)
Hilary Tones	Thaisa
Laura Rees	Marina
Hilary Tones	Dionyza
Aaron Walker	Pirate
Aaron Walker	Aerialist/Sailor/Knight, Messenger
Corin Redgrave	Pericles the Elder
Harry Gostelow	Cleon
Harry Gostelow	Fisherman
Harry Gostelow	Pander
Hilary Tones	Greek woman, Aerialist, Sailor, Knight
Jude Akuwudike	Fisherman
Jude Akuwudike	Philemon
Jude Akuwudike	Antiochus
Jude Akuwudike	Lysimachus
Jude Akuwudike	Pirate
Marcello Magni
Marcello Magni	Simonides, King of Pentapolis
Marcello Magni	Boult
Marcello Magni	Helicanus
Matilda Leyser	Fisherman
Matilda Leyser	Daughter of Antiochus
Matilda Leyser	Bawd
Matilda Leyser	Diana
Matt Costain	Leonine
Matt Costain	Thaliard
Matt Costain	Aerialist/Sailor/Knight/Lord, Gentleman

Notes: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.
General: Corin Redgrave became critically ill early in the run.
History: The play ran from May 20-October 1 2005 in the Season of World and Underworld.
Reviews: Maya Lester, Pericles
http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/pericles2.html.

For a detailed account of the rehearsal process, and comments from actors on their roles, visit http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/globelink/frameset.htm

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