King John

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the RSC’s 2006 production of King John directed by Josie Rourke with Richard McCabe in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 3 Oct 2006

Director

Josie Rourke

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Jocelyn Pook

Production Design

Peter McKintosh

Cast

Richard McCabe	King John
Joseph Millson	Philip the Bastard
Tamsin Greig	Lady Constance
Sam Cox	Hubert
Ralph Davis	Arthur, Duke of Brittaine
Adam Rayner	Earl of Essex
Amy Brown	Isabella of Angouleme
Charles Hamblett	Prince Henry
Christie. Morven	Blanche
Christopher Davies	Austrian soldier
Christopher Davies	Peter de Pomfret
Christopher Davies	Monk
Curtis Flowers	Herald
David Fielder	Cardinal Pandulph
Eliza Hunt	Lady Faulconbridge
Geoffrey Lumb	French messenger (Herald)
Geoffrey Lumb	Herald
James Parris	Prince Henry
Jamie Ballard	Melun
John Heffernan	James Gurney
John Heffernan	Monk
John Heffernan	Austrian soldier
Jonny Weir	Earl of Pembroke
Leon Tanner	Limoges, Duke of Austria
Nicholas Day	King Philip of France
Patrick Robinson	Earl of Salisbury
Rupert Evans	Louis the Dauphin
Sam O’Mahony-Adams	Soldier in the English court
Sam O’Mahony-Adams	English messenger (Messenger)
Sam O’Mahony-Adams	English soldier
Shane Frater	French soldier
Shane Frater	Executioner
Shane Frater	Monk
Simon Bubb	English soldier
Simon Bubb	Robert Faulconbridge
Simon Bubb	Monk
Sorcha Cusack	Queen Eleanor
Steven Beard	Châtillon
Steven Beard	Executioner

Theatre: Swan Theatre
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Medieval
Plays: King John
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)

History: The production played in repertory 27 July-10 October 2006 as part of the Complete Works Festival and from 7-11 November 2006 at Northern Stage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reviews: "...The evening has a lusty fluidity about it, a fair bit of manly swagger. The design is clean and unfussy, as modest as a medieval monastery, two pivoting screen-doors being the only major visual luxury. The costumes, elegant and simple, match the early 13th-century moment. Great salvos of Latin song are fired out between scenes, softening and soothing the hectic action" Dominic Cavendish ‘The Telegraph’ [UK] (7 August 2006).

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

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