SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

An imaginative student production featuring gender-neutral casting in a ‘true crime’ adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, presented as a TV investigation into the crimes of Duke Vincentio, flashing back from the present day to 2006.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

19 Sep 2021

Duration

128 mins

Credits

Director

Meadow Capon

Writer

Cassie Dickson

Editor

Cassie Dickson; Connor McClenan; Lolly Hayes; Qaabillah Nagoor; Victoria Green-Armytage

Cast

Tom Barrett	Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Jack Hardman	Angelo
Lolly Hayes	Isabella
Merritt Little	Claudio
Bertie Norman	Escalus
Amy Marsden	Juliet
Ashton Kessler	Mistress Overdone
Bernice Saunders	Mariana
Cate Sawyer-Biddulph	Provost
Connor McClenan	Friar Thomas
Rebecca Bullamore	Lucio
Theo Duddridge	Guard

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Measure for Measure

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Notes

History

First presented online on 21 July 2021. This was later revised and premiered on 19 September 2021. The latter version is the one now freely available.

Online Availability

Online URL

https://youtu.be/Sm6ebhnHYtw

Online format

Streamed

Production Company

Name

RHUL Shakespeare Society

Web

https://www.su.rhul.ac.uk/organisation/shakespeare/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web

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