Much Ado About Nothing
- Synopsis
- Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2011 staging of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Ethan McSweeney. Videotaped for WAPAVA by Geoff Moore.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 29 Dec 2011
- Duration
- 165 (inc. interval)
Credits
- Director
- Ethan McSweeny
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Steven Cahill
- Production Design
- Lee Savage
- Costume
- Clint Ramos
- Contributor
- Geoff Moore
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Sidney Harman Hall
- Theatre company
- Shakespeare Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1930s
- Plays
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- The production was accused of stereotyping Latinos. The theatre programmes were altered to include the names Shakespeare had given to the two minor characters, Hugh Oatcake and George Seacoal. For the first few weeks of the run, which began Nov. 25, the characters used names that had been made up by director Ethan McSweeny: Juan Huevos and Jose Frijoles. The names were considered demeaning and derogatory by Latino theatre artists, who wrote of their displeasure to artistic director Michael Kahn.
- Stills
- The play is set on a sugar plantation in Cuba in the 1930s.
Archive
- Name
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)
- leahkim@umd.edu
- Web
- http://www.wapava.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (301) 405 9117
- Address
- James J. Taylor Collection
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-1630
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av74471 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)