SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

The fourteenth in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis. The performance is introduced by Jemma Alix Levy (Washington and Lee University in Virginia) who looks at how outsiders are portrayed in the play.

Cast:
PORTIA - Tiffany Abercrombie
SHYLOCK - Lee Ravitz
ANTONIO - Meredith DiPaolo Stephens
BASSANIO - Mark Hammersley
GRATIANO - Clark Alexander
JESSICA - Sophie Max
LORENZO - David Djemal
NERISSA - Amelia Parillon-Samuel
LAUNCELOT GOBBO - Hannah Ellis
PRINCE OF MOROCCO - Alexis Danan
PRINCE OF ARRAGON - Robbie Capaldi
SALERIO - Ruth Page
SOLANIO - Kate Donnachie
DUKE OF VENICE - Bill Bingham
OLD GOBBO / TUBAL - Mark Holden
STEPHANO / SINGER - Honey Gabriel
SWING 1 - Louise Lee
SWING 2 - Emilio Vieira

Series

Show Must Go Online, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; Video

Transmission details

17 Jun 2020

Duration

221:08

Credits

Director

Robert Myles

Producer

Sarah Peachey

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Merchant of Venice, The

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Keywords

anti-Semitism

Notes

General

A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Online Availability

Online URL

https://youtu.be/ofjXODyE6ME

Online format

Streamed

Sponsor

Name

Robert Myles

Web

https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web

http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window