SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Stuff As Dreams Are Made on

Synopsis

Series of arts programmes featuring the work of avant garde artists. In this episode, in a solo performance piece entitled ‘Stuff As Dreams Are Made On’ , Fred Curchack puts on a variety of masks and voices to recite and deconstruct passages from The Tempest.

Series

Words on Fire

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

2 Sep 1990 (Channel: PBS)

Duration

27 mins

Credits

Producer

John Schott

Cast

Fred Curchack
John Sanborn	Director of Curchack item

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Tempest, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

mime; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows

Notes

History

From 1991 onward the series was known as ALIVE TV.

Reviews

`Fred Curchack is definitely some kind of genius...a virtuoso man of the theatre. The things he does with voice, masks, shadows, mime and comic timing are separately masterly, and collectively bewilderingly accomplished. Curchack is clearly on top of his art, and creating a genuinely new form of theatre...Everything in the production is a direct illumination of themes in The Tempest.' Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail, Toronto

Archive

Name

Paley Center for Media

Web

http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(212) 621-6600

Address

25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA

Notes

Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.