Pericles

Synopsis: Video recording of Pericles staged at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre as part of the Globe to Globe season. Performed by the National Theatre of Greece from Athens and spoken in Greek.
Language: Greek
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: Apr 2012
Duration: 170 (inc. interval)

Theatre: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Theatre company: National Theatre of Greece
Production type: Stage Recordings
Historical period: Contemporary
Plays: Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles; Complete Works; Globe to Globe season; World Shakespeare Festival 2012

General: Jokes about the Greek economy are delivered in English.
History: The play was staged 26 and 27 April 2012
Textual information: Translated by Dionisis Kapsalis. Dramaturg is Vivi Spathoula.
Reviews: "... For non-Greek speakers however, the Globe’s minimal surtitling made this production of Pericles seem like a Charlie Chaplin film...Though the action sometimes flagged, it was never long until a bouzouki appeared" Alex Needham, The Guardian (30 April 2012).

Shakespeare, "Pericles". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av74052 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)

Christos Loulis	Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Dimitris Paitas	Gower
Maria Skoula	Thaisa
Stefania Goulioti	Marina
Lydia Fotopoulou	Dionyza
Kostas Vasardanis	Philemon
Kostas Vasardanis	Fisherman
Kostas Vasardanis	Lysimachus
Lydia Fotopoulou	Bawd
Manolis Mavromatakis	Simonides, King of Pentapolis
Manolis Mavromatakis	Boult
Minas Hatzisavvas	Cleon
Minas Hatzisavvas	Thaliard
Minas Hatzisavvas	Fisherman
Stefania Goulioti	Daughter of Antiochus
Yiannis Voyiatzis	Helicanus
Yiannis Voyiatzis	Pander
Yorgos Glastras	Fisherman
Yorgos Glastras	Leonine
Yorgos Kotanidis	Antiochus
Yorgos Kotanidis	Cerimon

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