SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Video recording of WSC Avant Bard’s production of King John with Ian Armstrong in the title role. Tony Hoos is the videographer for WAPAVA.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

11 Nov 2013

Duration

c150

Credits

Director

Tom Prewitt

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Joseph Musumeci

Costume

Elizabeth Ennis

Contributor

Tony Hoos

Cast

Ian Armstrong	King John
Alan Rauscher	Philip the Bastard
Anne Nottage	Lady Constance
Slice Hicks	Hubert
Connor J. Hogan	Arthur, Duke of Brittaine
Cam Magee	Queen Eleanor
Charlotte Akin	Queen Felipe
Christopher Henley	Cardinal Pandulph
Ethan Ocasio	Child
Rebecca Swislow	Blanche
Rebecca Swislow	Earl of Salisbury
William Hayes	Louis the Dauphin

Additional Details

Theatre

Theatre on the Run, Arlington

Theatre company

WSC Avant Bard

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

King John

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gender reversal

Notes

General

"The production filters the story through the imagination of a young boy in Cold War America, making the characters, on one level, the inventions of a worried child who has overheard too much paranoid adult talk". [From the company website].

Textual information

Dramaturg is Cam Magee

Archive

Name

Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)

Email

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