Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1990 production of Troilus and Cressida. Directed by Sam Mendes with Amanda Root as Cressida, Ralph Fiennes as Troilus and Simon Russell Beale as Thersites.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 26 Jan 1991
Duration: 180 mins

Notes: The RSC Archive made recordings of the production at the Swan Theatre and The Pit.
History: Press night (Swan) 26 April 1990.
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: Beale, Simon Russell ‘Thersites in Troilus and Cressida’ in Jackson, Russell & Smallwood, Robert (eds). Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearian Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp160-73. Simon Russell Beale talks about his playing of the role of Thersites in Sam Mendes’ production.

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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