Tempest, The

Synopsis: A production of The Tempest, with three actors, directed by Tim Carroll and staged at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. This is a mixed recording employing four cameras. A wide-shot recording can be made available given three weeks notice.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2005
Duration: 135 mins

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Theatre: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Elizabethan
Plays: Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-male casts; Doubling of roles

Notes: The production was also recorded by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre using three cameras. This recording is catalogued separately.
General: The recording was made in Mark Rylance’s final season as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
History: The production ran May 6-October 2 2005 in the Season of the World and Underworld. Several videotaped recordings, using three cameras, were made throughout the run and these may be viewed, by appointment, at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Reviews: Lisa Hunt, The Tempest, http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/tempest_0805.html

Swain, Elizabeth, Western European Stages 17, no. 3 (2005), pp. 104-11 (in review article).

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