Love’s Labour’s Lost

Synopsis
Video recording of Michael Bawtree’s 1974 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Briain Petchey is the King of Navarre and Nicholas Pennell is Berowne.
Language
English
Country
Canada
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
5 Jun 1974

Credits

Director
Michael Bawtree
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Alan Laing
Production Design
Sam Kirkpatrick
Costume
Sam Kirkpatrick
Cast
Briain PetcheyFerdinand, King of Navarre
Nicholas PennellBerowne
Dawn GreenhalghPrincess of France
Pat GallowayRosaline
William HuttDon Adriano de Armado
Bentley-Fisher. PatJaquenetta
Edward AtienzaBoyet
Gordon Thomson (2)Longaville
Ian MacdonaldMoth
Jan MuszynskiDumaine
Lewis GordonCostard
Marti MaradenKatherine
Mervyn BlakeAnthony Dull
Pamela RogersMaria
Powys ThomasHolofernes
Richard CurnockNathaniel
Stephen RussellMonsieur Marcade

Additional Details

Theatre
Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
Theatre company
Shakespeare (Stratford) Theatre Company
Production type
Stage Recordings
Historical period
19th Century
Plays
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival

Notes

Notes
NOTE: The Festival Archive’s videotape has no sound.
History
The production was in repertory 29 May-24 October 1974
Stills
"We see the King of Navarre as a fervent 18th century rationalist, and Berowne as a 19th century Byronic Romantic, and Rosaline as an early emancipated lady, and Don Armado as a relic of Napoleon’s Peninsular Wars’ [Director, Programme Notes].
Reviews
Jackson, Berners W. Shakespeare Quarterly 25 91974): 395-400 (in review article).

Archive

Name

Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival Archive

Contact
ECharendoff@stratfordshakespearefestival.com (Archives Co-ordinator)
Web
https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/ArchivesServices External site opens in new window
Phone
+1 519-271 1040
Fax
+1 519-271-1040
Address
350 Douro Street
P.O. Box 520
55 Queen Street
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 3S7
Canada

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Love’s Labour’s Lost". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70554 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)