SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Live sound recording of John Dexter’s 1979 production of As You Like It for the National Theatre with Simon Callow as Orlando and Sara Kestelman as Rosalind.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Recording date

1979

Credits

Director

John Dexter

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Harrison Birtwistle

Production Design

Hayden Griffin

Cast

Sara Kestelman	Rosalind
Marjorie Yates	Celia
Simon Callow	Orlando
John Normington	Touchstone
Courtney Bryant	Jaques
Adam Norton	Jaques de Boys
Andrew Cruickshank	Duke Senior
Anna Carteret	Phebe
Anthony Douse	Corin
Daniel Thorndike	Lord
David Morris (2)	Page
Dermot Crowley	Oliver
Greg Hicks	Silvius
Harry Lomax	Adam
Louis Selwyn	William
Martyn Whitby	Charles
Nicholas Selby	Duke Frederick
Oz Clarke	Amiens
Peter Needham	Le Beau
Robin Meredith	Lord
Robin Meredith	Sir Oliver Martext
Selina Cadell	Audrey

Additional Details

Theatre

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre

Theatre company

National Theatre Company

Production type

Other

Historical period

Elizabethan

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The show opened 27 July 1979. Exact recording date unknown.

Reviews

Gow, Gordon. Plays and Players 26, no. 12 (1979), pp. 28 and 27, no. 2 (1979), pp. 14-17 (interview with John Dexter).

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB