Two Noble Kinsmen

Synopsis: Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of The Two Noble Kinsmen directed by Barry Kyle. Gerard Murphy is Palamon and Hugh Quarshie is Arcite.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 1986
Duration: 163 mins

Director

Barry Kyle

Writer

John Fletcher (2); William Shakespeare

Music

Guy Woolfenden

Production Design

Bob Crowley

Cast

Peter Guinness	Theseus, Duke of Athens
Anna Nygh	Hippolyta
Amanda Harris	Emilia
Gerard Murphy	Palamon
Hugh Quarshie	Arcite
Donald McBride	Wooer of the Jailer’s Daughter
Imogen Stubbs	Jailer’s Daughter
James Lowrey	Boy, who sings
Jenni George	Queen (2)
John Patrick	Valerius
John Patrick	Countryman (2)
Joseph Mydell	The Executioner
Joseph Mydell	Bavian (Countryman dressed as a baboon)
Joseph Mydell	Hymen
Joseph Mydell	Messenger
Lucy Hancock	Queen (3)
Lucy Hancock	Countrywoman
Max Gold	Jailer’s Brother
Philip Sully	Artesius
Philip Sully	Friend of the Jailer (1)
Philip Sully	Countryman (3)
Richard Moore	Doctor
Richard Moore	Gerald
Robert Demeger	Jailer
Robert Morgan	Pirithous
Robert Willey	Boy, who sings
Rosalind Boxall	Countrywoman
Rosalind Boxall	Queen (1)

General: The production opened the RSC’s new Swan theatre in Stratford, 1986.

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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