Love’s Labour’s Lost
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single fixed camera, of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2006 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Directed by Michael Kahn with Amir Arison as the King of Navarre and Hank Stratton as Berowne.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 26 Aug 2006
- Duration
- 141 mins
Credits
- Director
- Michael Kahn
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Adam Wernick
- Production Design
- Ralph Funicello
- Costume
- Catherine Zuber
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Swan Theatre
- Theatre company
- Shakespeare Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1960s
- Plays
- Love’s Labour’s Lost
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)
Notes
- Notes
- The production was also videotaped by the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive on 7 July 2006 when it played at the Lansburgh.
- General
- The Company is based in Washington, DC.
- History
- The production opened at the Lansburgh, Washington, DC in 2006. It played in the Swan Theatre 17-26 August 2006 as part of the Complete Works Festival.
- Reviews
- "Kahn has set the work in the psychedelic 1960s, a time of miniskirts and white boots, flower power peaceniks and, for some, personal study with the Maharishi. So what could be more appropriate than to transport Shakespeare’s Kingdom of Navarre to India, where legions really do seek enlightenment? Accompanied by an oddball blend of sitar and acid rock beats, a suddenly hip Kahn takes us on a wildly imaginative excursion into Shakespeare’s land of romance and gender conflict... In this production, Shakespeare’s sonnets become rock music lyrics sung by groovy guys in beads and bell-bottoms. The Princess of France and her leggy gal pals arrive at the kingdom on brightly painted mopeds and offer a zany tour of ‘60s fashions. And what Russian disguises are concocted by the devilish Kahn and costumer Catherine Zuber for act five’s bit of merriment?" Paul Harris, Variety (June 14 2006).
"... Ted van Griethuysen, in the performance of the evening, turns the pedagogic Holofernes into a wonderfully overweening mix of WC Fields and American academic Harold Bloom" Michael Billington, The Guardian (August 19, 2006).
Production Company
- 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
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
- Name
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)
- leahkim@umd.edu
- Web
- http://www.wapava.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (301) 405 9117
- Address
- James J. Taylor Collection
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-1630
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Love’s Labour’s Lost". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68365 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)