As You Like It
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1996 production of As You Like It. Directed by Stephen Pimlott with Niamh Cusack as Rosalind and Liam Cunningham as Orlando.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 17 May 1996
- Duration
- 172 mins
Credits
- Director
- Steven Pimlott
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Jason Carr
- Production Design
- Ashley Martin-Davis
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A recording was also made at the Barbican theatre 8 November 1996.
- General
- The production combined minimalist staging with Elizabethan costumes.
- History
- Press night 25 April 1996
- 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
- Smallwood, Robert As You Like It (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2003). [Discusses post-World War II RSC productions of As You Like It focusing on staging the court, the Forest of Arden, the relationship of Celia and Rosalind (especially her cross-dressing), Jacques, Touchstone and the final revelries].
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, "As You Like It". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38259 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)