Coriolanus
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1994 production of Coriolanus. Directed by David Thacker with Toby Stephens as Coriolanus and Caroline Blakiston as Volumnia.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 25 May 1994
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Director
- David Thacker
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Adrian Johnston
- Production Design
- Fran Thompson
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Swan Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 19th Century
- Plays
- Coriolanus
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A second recording was made at the Barbican 22 August 1995.
- General
- Citizens are played by Linford Brown, Nigel Clauzel, Anthony Cochrane, Julia Crane, Howard Crossley, Daniel Evans, Adrian Irvine, Colin Jarrett, Vivian Munn and Fiona Tong.
The RSC advertising poster, to encourage younger people to fill the seats at the Barbican transfer, carried the caption ‘a natural born killer too’ referring to Oliver Stone’s feature film NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994). - History
- Press night 24 May 1994
- 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. The set design includes Eugene Delacroix’s painting ‘Liberte Guidant Le Peuple’ half finished as a large backdrop.
- Reviews
- Love, Karen G. ‘How Does It Mean? The Use of Artifact as Metaphor in Fran Thompson’s Set Design for David Thacker’s Production of Coriolanus, the Swan Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, July 12, 1994’. Shakespeare Newsletter 44 (1994): 67, 76.
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, "Coriolanus". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38243 (Accessed 13 Dec 2024)