Comedy of Errors, The

Synopsis: Video recording (mixed recording, 4 cameras) 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: 14 May 2012
Duration: 107 mins

Notes: The production was also recorded by the Royal Shakespeare Company at a different performance. This recording is catalogued separately.

A wide shot recording of the National Video Archive of Performance’s copy can be made available at three week’s notice.
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).

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