SHAKESPEARE, W.: 3 Tragedies, Vol. 2 - Romeo and Juliet / Macbeth / Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2018) (3-DVD Box Set) (NTSC)

William Shakespeare
3 TRAGEDIES, Vol. 2

(3-DVD Box Set)

ROMEO AND JULIET

THE HOUSE OF CAPULET
Sampson - Stevie Basaula
Gregory - Donna Banya
Tybalt / Juliet’s cousin - Raphael Sowole
Capulet - Michael Hodgson
Lady Capulet - Mariam Haque
Peter - Raif Clarke
Nurse, to Juliet - Ishia Bennison
Juliet / The Capulets’ daughter - Karen Fishwick
Cousin Capulet - John Macaulay

THE HOUSE OF MONTAGUE
Abraham - Nima Taleghani
Balthasar - Tom Padley
Benvolio / Romeo’s cousin - Josh Finan
Lady Montague - Sakuntala Ramanee
Montague - Paul Dodds
Romeo, their son - Bally Gill

THE HOUSE OF ESCALUS
Escalus / Prince of Verona - Beth Cordingly
Paris / Suitor to Juliet - Afolabi Alli
Mercutio, Romeo’s friend - Charlotte Josephine
Friar Laurence - Andrew French
Sister John / Apothecary - Katy Brittain

Erica Whyman, stage director
Tom Piper, set and costume designer
Charles Balfour, lighting designer
Music composed by Sophie Cotton

Bonus:
- Interviews with Karen Fishwick, Bally Gill and Charlotte Josephine
- Young Voices Centre Stage
- Director’s Commentary
- Cast gallery

 

MACBETH

Macbeth - Christopher Eccleston
Lady Macbeth - Niamh Cusack
Macduff - Edward Bennett
Duncan - David Acton
Malcolm - Luke Newbury

Polly Findlay, stage director
Fly Davis, set and costume designer
Lizzie Powell, lighting designer
Music composed by Rupert Cross

Bonus:
- Interview with Niamh Cusack
- Who is Lady Macbeth?
- Cast gallery

 

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

TROJANS
Priam / King of Troy - Ewart James Walters
Hector - Daniel Hawksford
Andromache / Hector’s wife - Gabby Wong
Paris - Geoffrey Lumb
Helen / Paris’ mistress / Wife of Menelaus - Daisy Badger
Troilus - Gavin Fowler
Cassandra / Priam’s daughter / A prophet - Charlotte Arrowsmith
Helenus / A priest - Mikhail Sen
Polyxena - Esther McAuley
Aeneas / A military commander - Amanda Harris
Pandarus / A lord - Oliver Ford Davies
Cressida / His niece - Amber James
Calchas / Her mother, now defected to the Greeks - Helen Grady
Alexandra / A servant - Leigh Quinn
Paris’ servant - Nicole Agada

GREEKS
Agamemnon / Commander in Chief - Suzanne Bertish
Menelaus / Her brother - Andrew Langtree
Ulysses - Adjoa Andoh
Nestor - Jim Hooper
Achilles - Andy Apollo
Patroclus - James Cooney
Ajax - Theo Ogundipe
Diomed - Daniel Burke
Thersites / A camp follower - Sheila Reid

Gregory Doran, stage director
Niki Turner, set and costume designer
Matt Daw, lighting designer
Music by Evelyn Glennie

Bonus:
- “Sound of war”: New music for the play
- Cast interviews
- Director’s Commentary
- Cast gallery

 

Recorded at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 18 July (Romeo and Juliet), October (Macbeth), 14 November (Troilus and Cressida)

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English
Running time: 7 hrs 26 mins
No. of DVDs: 3