One of These Days

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera of a play reading of Leo Butler’s play One of These Days, commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company for The Complete Works Festival. A dark love story, written in response to The Tempest and set in occupied Ireland in 1775. Knowing that her soldier lover is leaving for England, a local woman unleashes a sequence of events that will result in tragedy for both their children. The play examines what happens when a brutal foreign power is in intimate and callous contact with the primitive heart of an ancient society.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 16 Nov 2006

Theatre: Cube, The
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7)
Related items: Interview: Leo Butler

General: From 25 October-18 November 2006 the auditorium of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was transformed into an intimate 100 seat studio space.
History: Played for one performance on 10 November 2006 as part of the Complete Works Festival.

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
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Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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