Henry VI: The Battle for the Throne
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s small-scale touring production of Henry VI. Part 3. Directed by Katie Mitchell with Jonathan Firth as Henry VI.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 6 Sep 1994
- Duration
- 171 mins
Credits
- Director
- Katie Mitchell
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Helen Chadwick
- Production Design
- Rae Smith
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Medieval
- Plays
- Henry VI part 3
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- 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
- Textual information
- Katie Mitchell drew heavily on the octavo text. The production was relatively uncut with minor additions from Richard II, Richard III and Gorbuduc to underline the theme of civil war.
- Reviews
- Hodgdon, Barbara ‘Making it new: Katie Mitchell Refashions Shakespeare-History’ in Novy, Marianne Transforming Shakespeare: Contemporary Women’s Re-Visions in Literature and Performance (New York:St Martin’s Press, 1999), pp13-33.
[Examines how Katie Mitchell, in her 3 Henry VI utilises "women’s bodies and voices to intervene in a narrative centered on constructing masculine kings and re-engendering a dynastic heritage"]
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, "Henry VI: The Battle for the Throne". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38308 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)