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Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus
William Houston (Titus Andronicus); Indira Varma (Tamora); Obi Abili (Aaron); Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Lavinia); Ian Gelder (Marcus Andronicus); Matthew Needham (Saturninus); Stefan Donnelly (Bassianus/Clown); Dyfan Dwyfor (Lucius); Samuel Edward-Cook (Demetrius); Paul Ham (Quintus/Caius); David Shaw-Parker (Bacchus/Emilius); Brian Martin (Chiron)
The smash hit of Shakespeare’s early career, Titus Andronicus is one of the Bard’s most experimental works, a revenge tale of the utmost brutality that centres around the honoured Roman general who fatally refuses to show mercy to the eldest son of Tamora, Queen of the Goths, whom he has defeated in war. Hailed as 'one of the darkest and most seminal productions in the Globe’s history' (Daily Telegraph), director Lucy Bailey’s staging of the Roman tragedy sees the great London theatre transformed into a temple of death, one in which swathes of black fabric coalesce with horrific violence and stand-out performances to create shatteringly powerful drama.
Filmed in 2014, this revival of Lucy Bailey’s gory 2006 production of Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy had audiences fainting in the aisles.
Shakespeare’s bloodiest play features scenes of rape, mutilation, murder and cannibalism.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/07/2015
Sound Formats: Dolby Stereo; Dolby Surround
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1175D
Artist(s):
William Houston; Indira Varma; Obi Abili; Flora Spencer-Longhurst; Ian Gelder; Matthew Needham; Stefan Donnelly; Dyfan Dwyfor; Samuel Edward-Cook; Paul Ham; David Shaw-Parker; Brian Martin
William Houston; Indira Varma; Obi Abili; Flora Spencer-Longhurst; Ian Gelder; Matthew Needham; Stefan Donnelly; Dyfan Dwyfor; Samuel Edward-Cook; Paul Ham; David Shaw-Parker; Brian Martin
"Bailey’s outstanding production, with a design by William Dudley that covers the Globe’s usually gaily decorated stage with black cloth and darkens the open-air auditorium with a funereal awning, pulls no punches and often achieves a dramatic power that makes the stomach churn and the hands sweat. But amazingly the play also makes you laugh.
You leave the theatre feeling both harrowed to the marrow and disconcertingly elated. " (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Lucy Bailey's blackly comical production is the best I've seen" (The Times ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ..." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Exceptional." (The Independent ★★★★)
You leave the theatre feeling both harrowed to the marrow and disconcertingly elated. " (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Lucy Bailey's blackly comical production is the best I've seen" (The Times ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ..." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Exceptional." (The Independent ★★★★)
William Houston (Titus Andronicus); Indira Varma (Tamora); Obi Abili (Aaron); Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Lavinia); Ian Gelder (Marcus Andronicus); Matthew Needham (Saturninus); Stefan Donnelly (Bassianus/Clown); Dyfan Dwyfor (Lucius); Samuel Edward-Cook (Demetrius); Paul Ham (Quintus/Caius); David Shaw-Parker (Bacchus/Emilius); Brian Martin (Chiron)
The smash hit of Shakespeare’s early career, Titus Andronicus is one of the Bard’s most experimental works, a revenge tale of the utmost brutality that centres around the honoured Roman general who fatally refuses to show mercy to the eldest son of Tamora, Queen of the Goths, whom he has defeated in war. Hailed as 'one of the darkest and most seminal productions in the Globe’s history' (Daily Telegraph), director Lucy Bailey’s staging of the Roman tragedy sees the great London theatre transformed into a temple of death, one in which swathes of black fabric coalesce with horrific violence and stand-out performances to create shatteringly powerful drama.
Filmed in 2014, this revival of Lucy Bailey’s gory 2006 production of Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy had audiences fainting in the aisles.
Shakespeare’s bloodiest play features scenes of rape, mutilation, murder and cannibalism.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/07/2015
Sound Formats: Dolby Stereo; Dolby Surround
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1175D
Artist(s):
William Houston; Indira Varma; Obi Abili; Flora Spencer-Longhurst; Ian Gelder; Matthew Needham; Stefan Donnelly; Dyfan Dwyfor; Samuel Edward-Cook; Paul Ham; David Shaw-Parker; Brian Martin
William Houston; Indira Varma; Obi Abili; Flora Spencer-Longhurst; Ian Gelder; Matthew Needham; Stefan Donnelly; Dyfan Dwyfor; Samuel Edward-Cook; Paul Ham; David Shaw-Parker; Brian Martin
"Bailey’s outstanding production, with a design by William Dudley that covers the Globe’s usually gaily decorated stage with black cloth and darkens the open-air auditorium with a funereal awning, pulls no punches and often achieves a dramatic power that makes the stomach churn and the hands sweat. But amazingly the play also makes you laugh.
You leave the theatre feeling both harrowed to the marrow and disconcertingly elated. " (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Lucy Bailey's blackly comical production is the best I've seen" (The Times ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ..." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Exceptional." (The Independent ★★★★)
You leave the theatre feeling both harrowed to the marrow and disconcertingly elated. " (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Lucy Bailey's blackly comical production is the best I've seen" (The Times ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ..." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Exceptional." (The Independent ★★★★)
