Label: Opus Arte
Genre: Classical Documentary; Play - DVD
Period: Renaissance
Catalogue No: OA1297BD
Barcode: 809478012979
Distribution Note(s):
Available Worldwide
Release Date: 11/2019

SHAKESPEARE, W.: Shakespeare Trilogy - Julius Caesar / Henry IV / The Tempest (Donmar Warehouse, 2016) (4-DVD Box Set) (NTSC)

William Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE
TRILOGY
(4-DVD Box Set)

 

JULIUS CAESAR

Brutus - Harriet Walter
Mark Antony - Jane Anouka
Julius Caesar - Jackie Clune
Cinna the Poet - Shiloh Coke
Casca - Karen Dunbar
Portia / Octavius Caesar - Clare Dunne
Soothsayer - Leah Harvey
Calpurnia / Metellus Cimber - Zainab Hasan
Trebonius - Jennifer Joseph
Cassius - Martina Laird
Dog / Cinna - Carolina Valdés

Phyllida Lloyd, stage director

 

HENRY IV

Hotspur - Jade Anouka
Gadshill / Lady Percy - Sheila Atim
Westmoreland / Glendower - Jackie Clune
Mortimer - Shiloh Coke
Bardolph / Vernon - Karen Dunbar
Prince Hal - Clare Dunne
Poins / The Douglas - Leah Harvey
Hostess / Messenger - Zainab Hasan
Sir Walter Blunt / Sheriff - Jennifer Joseph
Worcester / Peto - Martina Laird
Falstaff - Sophie Stanton
Northumberland - Carolina Valdés
Henry IV - Harriet Walter
Guards - Sarah-Jane Dent, Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty, Liv Spencer

Phyllida Lloyd, stage director
Bunny Christie and Ellen Nabarro, set designers
Deborah Andrews, costume designer
James Farncombe, lighting designer

Music composed by Gary Yershon

 

THE TEMPEST

Ariel - Jade Anouka
Ferdinand - Sheila Atim
Stefano - Jackie Clune
Sebastian - Shiloh Coke
Trinculo - Karen Dunbar
Miranda - Leah Harvey
Gonzalo - Zainab Hasan
Officer - Jennifer Joseph
Alonso - Martina Laird
Caliban - Sophie Stanton
Antonio - Carolina Valdés
Prospero - Harriet Walter
Guards - Sarah-Jane Dent, Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty, Liv Spencer

Phyllida Lloyd, stage director
Chloe Lamford, set designer
James Farncombe, lighting designer

Music composed by Joan Armatrading

 

Recorded at Donmar, King’s Cross, 2016 (Julius Caesar) / 10 and 17 December 2016 (Henry IV, The Tempest)

Bonus:
- The Origins of the Shakespeare Trilogy / An All-Female Trilogy / Approaching Shakespeare’s Language / The Prison Context / Introductions to 13 Prison Characters / Spotlight on Harriet Walter / Designing the Trilogy / Stage Management / Music in the Trilogy / A Director’s Process, with Phyllida Lloyd
- Julius Caesar: Power and Politics / Performing Gender / Brutus and Caesar / Staging Violence / Insights on ‘He doth bestride the narrow world’, ‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen’
- Henry IV: Addiction / Healthy Relationships / Henry IV and Falstaff / Insight on ‘I know you all’ / Creating a Character
- The Tempest: Island Metaphor / Forgiveness / Magic / Dreams / Prospero and Caliban
- Trailers / Introductions to the Plays / The Plots / Director’s Commentaries / Cast Galleries

 

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English
Running time: 5 hrs 51 mins (play) + 197 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 4 (DVD 9)