Five Truths
- Synopsis
- Five Truths is a video installation by stage director Katie Mitchell exhibited at London’s V&A Museum in 2011. It presents the same 10-minute scene - Ophelia’s mad ramblings and subsequent death, all featuring the same actress, Michelle Terry - in the styles of Stanislavski, Brecht, Peter Brook, Antonin Artaud and Jerzy Grotowski. It is housed in a darkened cube lined with 10 screens of different sizes (two per practitioner) playing simultaneously.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Duration
- 10 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known (8/2011)
Credits
- Director
- Katie Mitchell
- Cinematographer
- Leo Warner
- Music
- Paul Clark (2)
- Production Design
- Leo Warner
- Cast
Michelle Terry Ophelia
Additional Details
- Production type
- Other
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Keywords
- Brecht, Bertolt (1898-1956); Brook, Peter (1925-); Grotowski, Jerzy; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stanislavskii, Konstantin Sergeevich; Artaud, Antonin; Stage directing; Ophelia (character)
Notes
- Notes
- The installation is hosted on the V&A Channel http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/happenings/exhibitions_and_galleries/five_truths_brook for 3 years (2011-2014) and will then be deposited in the V&A Collections archive and made available for onsite research viewings (information correct as 8/2011).
- General
- Installation curated by Kate Bailey. Installation design by Vicki Mortimer.
- History
- The installation was ,launched at the Theatre de la Ville, Paris 4th June 2011, and premiered at the V&A Museum on the 12th July 2011.
Production Company
- Name
59 Productions
Sponsor
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Five Truths". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av73501 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)