SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Orenthal

Synopsis

Video recording of the multimedia, one-act monologue by Maarten van Hinte that brackets OJ Simpson and Othello, Moor of Venice. The publicity material takes obvious points of comparison : "Just like OJ, he has married a young, white woman. Othello murders his wife. How about OJ?"

Language

Dutch (Standard)

Country

Netherlands

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

1998

Credits

Director

John Leerdam

Writer

Maarten van Hinte

Music

Fons Merkies

Production Design

Jean van Lingen

Costume

Frank Raven

Choreographer

Feri de Gues

Cast

Frank Sheppard

OJ/Othello (Othello)

Additional Details

Theatre company

Cosmic

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

sport; Shakespeare, William; Multimedia productions; Simpson, O.J. (Orenthal James)

Notes

Notes

It is not known at which theatre or performance the recordings at the Netherlands Theatre Institute and the National Video Archive of Performance were made.

History

Premiered at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival.

Awards

First Fringe Award for Outstanding New Writing at the 1998 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Textual information

Rob Scholten is dramaturg.

Production Company

Name

Cosmic

Archive

Name

Theater Instituut Nederland

Email

info@theaterinstituut.nl

Web

http://www.theaterinstituut.nl External site opens in new window

Phone

+ 31 (0) 20 551 3300

Fax

+ 31 (0) 20 5513303

Address

The Netherlands Theatre Institute
Herengracht 168
1016 BP Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Name

V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance

Email

tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk

Web

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/nvap/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7942 2697

Fax

020 7471 9864

Address

Blythe House
23 Blythe Road
London
W14 0QX