Comedy of Errors, The

Synopsis: Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2012 production of The Comedy of Errors directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2012

Notes: The production was also recorded on four cameras by the V&A National Video Archive of Performance on 14 May 2012. This recording is catalogued separately.
General: Zuabi is the founder of Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur.
History: The production is part of the World Shakespeare Festival playing as part of ‘What Country Friends is This?', the Shipwreck Trilogy, along with The Tempest and Twelfth Night.
Reviews: "... The most startling feature of The Comedy of Errors, directed by the Palestinian Amir Nizar Zuabi, is its emphasis on the play’s cruelty...". Michael Billington, The Guardian, 26 April 2012.

Christie Carson: http://bloggingshakespeare.com/year-of-shakespeare-comedy-of-errors-at-the-rsc (accessed 5/2012).

The director talks about how Shakespeare influenced his life, his work in Palestine, and experience of directing the play for the RSC at http://thespace.org/items/e00009b2 (accessed 9/2012).

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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