Titus Andronicus

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of The Ninagawa Company’s 2004 production of Titus Andronicus with Kotaro Yoshida as Titus.
Language: Japanese
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 23 Jun 2006
Duration: 210 (inc 20min interval)

Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Theatre company: Ninagawa Company, The
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: No period
Plays: Titus Andronicus
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)

Notes: Performed in Japanese with English surtitles.
General: Produced by Horipro Inc and Saitama Arts Foundation in association with Thelma Holt.
History: The production played at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 16-24 June 2006 as part of the Complete Works Festival
Reviews: Billington, Michael. The Guardian (June 22 2006). Billington writes "... but here ribbons of red silk cascade from mouths, throats and hands as limbs are lopped and lives lost. At times I felt that Ninagawa, through stylised images and Handelian music, unduly aestheticised violence. But, more positively, he turns the play into a prolonged lament for the suffering imposed by an imperialist society..."

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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