Winter’s Tale, The
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1981 production of A Winter’s Tale. Directed by Ronald Eyre with Patrick Stewart as Leontes.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 7 Feb 1983
- Duration
- 173 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ronald Eyre
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Stephen Oliver
- Production Design
- Chris Dyer
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Barbican Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- "Chris Dyer’s austere empty-space-set lets the script of this dark, late play, straight through. It’s a pure concentration on text with no extra clutter - refreshingly brave." Julia Pascal, City Limits 2. February 1982.
- History
- Press night at the RST 30 June 1981. The production then went to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on to the Barbican. The RSC recording is from the Barbican staging.
- 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
- Tatspaugh, Patricia E. The Winter’s Tale. (London: Arden Shakespeare in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 2002).
[Studies the directing, staging, designing, and acting of The Winter’s Tale in Royal Shakespeare Company productions by Anthony Quayle (1948), Peter Wood (1960), Trevor Nunn , John Barton and Trevor Nunn, Ronald Eyre, Adrian Noble, Terry Hands, and Gregory Doran.
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, "Winter’s Tale, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38148 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)