Richard II
- Synopsis
- Stage recording of Peymann’s production for the famed Berliner Ensemble transmitted on German television. Initially set in an eerie sterile monochrome landscape, the production charts the demise of Richard’s reign with flying lumps of mud and an accumulation of stage debris. With Michael Maertens in the title role and Veit Schubert as Bolingbroke.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 2 May 2003 (Channel: ZDF Theaterkanal)
- Duration
- 159 mins
Credits
- Director
- Claus Peymann
- Writer
- Thomas Brasch; William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- Achim Freyer
- Costume
- Maria-Elena Amos
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm
- Theatre company
- Berliner Ensemble
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1930s
- Plays
- Richard II
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Transmission time unknown.
A viewing copy (VHS or DVD) can be ordered from the ZDF broadcasting corporation. Contact email: programmservice@zdf.de.
The production was part of the RSC’s Complete Work Festival 2006/7 and recorded by the RSC - with a slightly different cast: see separate entry. - History
- Recording of a stage performance at the Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin. Previously, only extracts from the play had been transmitted on the German TV station 3Sat to celebrate the 38. German theatre festival in Berlin (1-24 May 2001). The play premiered June 30, 2000 in Berlin.
- Awards
- 'Friedrich-Luft-Preis’ for best Berlin production in 2000.
- Textual information
- Translation by Thomas Brasch.
Production Company
- Name
ZDF
- Notes
- See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Archive
- Name
Arts Institute-Theatre Institute
- info@institutumeni.cz
- Web
- http://institute.theatre.cz External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 224 809 123
- Fax
- 224 809 123
- Address
- Celetna 17
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
ZDF - Programme Service
- programmservice@zdf.de
- Web
- http://www.theaterkanal.de/fernsehen/mitschnitt/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0049-(0)6131/70 9510
- Fax
- 0049-(0)06131/70 9515
- Address
- HA ABD, Programmverwertung und -übernahme
ZDF-Straße 1
Mainz
55100
Germany
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Richard II". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66858 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)