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Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale
Priyanga Burford (Hermione); Oliver Ryan (Polixenes); Will Keen (Leontes); Luke MacGregor (Florizel); Zora Bishop (Emilia / Cleomenes / Mopsa); Annette Badland (Old Shepherd); Rose Wardlaw (Mamillius / Time / Dion / Dorcas); Adrian Bower (Camillo); Norah Lopez-Holden (Perdita); Jordan Metcalfe (Young Shepherd); Sirine Saba (Paulina); Howard Ward (Antigonus)
When Leontes, Sicilian king, becomes convinced his pregnant wife Hermione is conducting an affair with his closest friend Polixenes, King of Bohemia, he is so enraged he banishes her newborn child, while Hermione apparently dies of grief. Sixteen years later, the child, Perdita, having been raised in Bohemia by shepherds, is in love with Florizel, son of Polixenes, who forbids their marriage. The lovers travel to Leontes’ court seeking happiness, which they find – in ways nobody expected.
Blanche McIntyre directs a new version of Shakespeare’s great play of the irrational and inexplicable.
Set in a world of monsters, gods and natural disasters, travel from the stifling atmosphere of the Sicilian court, to the unbuttoned joy of a Bohemian festival.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/02/2023
Sound Formats: Stereo
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1352D
Artist(s):
Priyanga Burford; Oliver Ryan; Will Keen; Luke MacGregor; Zora Bishop; Annette Badland; Rose Wardlaw; Adrian Bower; Norah Lopez-Holden; Jordan Metcalfe; Sirine Saba; Howard Ward
Priyanga Burford; Oliver Ryan; Will Keen; Luke MacGregor; Zora Bishop; Annette Badland; Rose Wardlaw; Adrian Bower; Norah Lopez-Holden; Jordan Metcalfe; Sirine Saba; Howard Ward
"A superb cast deliver striking performances in a production that is knowingly dissonant, from the costumes to the climax.
It is all subtly, knowingly, dissonant, down to the climactic Elizabethan jig combined with the stagy high kicks of a West End musical. " (The Guardian ★★★★)
"McIntyre has a sure hand on the verse, and there’s an excellent performance from Norah Lopez-Holden as Perdita. " (The Independent ★★★)
It is all subtly, knowingly, dissonant, down to the climactic Elizabethan jig combined with the stagy high kicks of a West End musical. " (The Guardian ★★★★)
"McIntyre has a sure hand on the verse, and there’s an excellent performance from Norah Lopez-Holden as Perdita. " (The Independent ★★★)
Priyanga Burford (Hermione); Oliver Ryan (Polixenes); Will Keen (Leontes); Luke MacGregor (Florizel); Zora Bishop (Emilia / Cleomenes / Mopsa); Annette Badland (Old Shepherd); Rose Wardlaw (Mamillius / Time / Dion / Dorcas); Adrian Bower (Camillo); Norah Lopez-Holden (Perdita); Jordan Metcalfe (Young Shepherd); Sirine Saba (Paulina); Howard Ward (Antigonus)
When Leontes, Sicilian king, becomes convinced his pregnant wife Hermione is conducting an affair with his closest friend Polixenes, King of Bohemia, he is so enraged he banishes her newborn child, while Hermione apparently dies of grief. Sixteen years later, the child, Perdita, having been raised in Bohemia by shepherds, is in love with Florizel, son of Polixenes, who forbids their marriage. The lovers travel to Leontes’ court seeking happiness, which they find – in ways nobody expected.
Blanche McIntyre directs a new version of Shakespeare’s great play of the irrational and inexplicable.
Set in a world of monsters, gods and natural disasters, travel from the stifling atmosphere of the Sicilian court, to the unbuttoned joy of a Bohemian festival.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/02/2023
Sound Formats: Stereo
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1352D
Artist(s):
Priyanga Burford; Oliver Ryan; Will Keen; Luke MacGregor; Zora Bishop; Annette Badland; Rose Wardlaw; Adrian Bower; Norah Lopez-Holden; Jordan Metcalfe; Sirine Saba; Howard Ward
Priyanga Burford; Oliver Ryan; Will Keen; Luke MacGregor; Zora Bishop; Annette Badland; Rose Wardlaw; Adrian Bower; Norah Lopez-Holden; Jordan Metcalfe; Sirine Saba; Howard Ward
"A superb cast deliver striking performances in a production that is knowingly dissonant, from the costumes to the climax.
It is all subtly, knowingly, dissonant, down to the climactic Elizabethan jig combined with the stagy high kicks of a West End musical. " (The Guardian ★★★★)
"McIntyre has a sure hand on the verse, and there’s an excellent performance from Norah Lopez-Holden as Perdita. " (The Independent ★★★)
It is all subtly, knowingly, dissonant, down to the climactic Elizabethan jig combined with the stagy high kicks of a West End musical. " (The Guardian ★★★★)
"McIntyre has a sure hand on the verse, and there’s an excellent performance from Norah Lopez-Holden as Perdita. " (The Independent ★★★)
