SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Theatre designer Sally Jacobs talks to Christie Carson. Jacobs reflects on working with Peter Brook on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the impact of the ‘white box’, and with John Barton on a production of Twelfth Night for the RSC. She speaks of metaphor in design for Shakespeare, the changing view of the ideal space to stage the plays and different audience expectations of how a production should look. She also mentions briefly multicultural casting, negative attitudes to plans to replicate Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and Shakespeare and the British theatre.

Series

Royal Holloway ‘Designing Shakespeare’ Interviews

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Recording date

10 May 2002

Credits

Contributor

Christie Carson; Sally Jacobs

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); stage design

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

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