Much Ado About Nothing
- Synopsis
- Video recording using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1982 production of Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Terry Hands with Sinead Cusack as Beatrice and Derek Jacobi as Benedick
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 20 Jan 1983
- Duration
- 152 mins
Credits
- Director
- Terry Hands
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Nigel Hess
- Production Design
- Ralph Koltai
- Costume
- Alexander Reid
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Barbican Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Renaissance Italy
- Plays
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 20 April 1982 and transferred to the Barbican. Press night at the Barbican 12 May 1983. The production went on tour and the cast names in the entry reflect the Barbican transfer.
- Stills
- Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
- Reviews
- Suzanne R. Westfall, Shakespeare Bulletin 2, no.12-3, no. 1 (1984-5), p32-3.
Production Company
- 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
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38080 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)