Titus Andronicus

Synopsis: A videorecording of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s 2006 production of Titus Andronicus directed by Lucy Bailey with Douglas Hodge in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2006
Duration: 180 (incl interval)

Director

Lucy Bailey

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Django Bates

Production Design

William Dudley

Cast

Notes: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.
General: For this production a roof was placed on the Globe’s open-air amphitheatre for the first time in its history - a controversial decision. Designer William Dudley took as his inspiration the innovative feature of the Colosseum known as the valerium - a cooling system which consisted of a canvas-covered, net-like structure made of ropes, with a hole in the centre. He believed that his design created a dark and funereal setting, echoing the play’s themes of war and death.
History: The production formed part of The Edges of Rome season, running May 5- 13 August 2006.

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