The Jewish Chronicle - Nov 5 1993
"...'s absurdly beautiful gowns. The cream-suited loons, led by Jeremy Northam's Berowne, a Byron in looks and speech, struggle to extricate themselves from solemn vows; Daniel Massey's Don Armado flutes his..."
The Jewish Chronicle - May 13 1994
The Jewish Chronicle
Text: "... of young friends to abstain from wine and women — but not wordplay — for three years in order to study, and is then visited by the Princess of France and her retinue. Jeremy Northam, as Berowne, reaffirms..."
(2) British University Film Council listing..
http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av38196
British Universities Film & Video Council
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Synopsis
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1993 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Directed by Ian Judge with Jeremy Northam as Berowne and Jenny Quayle as the Princess of France.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
11 Jan 1994
Duration
157 mins
Credits
Director
Ian Judge
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Nigel Hess
Production Design
Deirdre Clancy
Cast
Owen Teale
Ferdinand, King of Navarre
Jeremy Northam
Berowne
Jenny Quayle
Princess of France
Abigail McKern
Rosaline
Daniel Massey
Don Adriano de Armado
Alexandra Gilbreath
Maria
Caroline Payne
Maid
Christopher Luscombe
Moth
Damien Lyne
Student
Guy Henry
Longaville
John Normington
Holofernes
Mark Lewis Jones
Costard
Mike Burnside
Anthony Dull
Nick Simons
Monsieur Marcade
Paul Greenwood
Boyet
Raymond Bowers
Nathaniel
Robert Portal
Dumaine
Robin Pratt
College porter
Sarah Weymouth
Jaquenetta
Stuart Bunce
Student
Tim Hudson
Master of the Hunt
Virginia Grainger
Katherine
Additional Details
Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Theatre company
Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type
Stage Recordings
Historical period
No period
Plays
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
Notes
A recording was also made of a performance at the Barbican (matinee) 11 June 1984.
General
"John Gunter’s design of Oxford yellowstone, with a spire-strewn skyline, and Deirdre Clancy’s costumes - cream suits, boaters, hunting gear, sequinned togas and toques - reek of sunlit quadrangles, Magdalen deer park, summer-term theatricals and boating on the Cherwell." Michael Coveney, The Observer (London) 31 October 1993.
History
Press night 27 October 1993
Awards
Deirdre Clancy won an Oliver Award for Best Costume Designer for this production.
Stills
Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews
Luscombe, Christopher ‘Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice and Moth in Love’s Labour’s Lost’ in Smallwood, Robert (ed) Players of Shakespeare 4: Further Essays in Shakespearian Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998) pp 18-29.
[Luscombe discusses his roles as Launcelot Gobbo in David Thacker’s The Merchant of Venice and as Moth in Ian Judge’s Love’s Labor’s Lost].
Production Company
Name
Royal Shakespeare Company, Mail Order
Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk/buyonline/shopping/index.asp?category=65&sessionid=958647199122126557164598758&deptnum=2 External site opens in new window
Phone
01789 748114
Fax
01789 748115
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6B
Archive
Name
Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive
Email
scla@shakespeare.org.uk
Web
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/library-and-archive.html External site opens in new window
Phone
01789 204016 (bookings)
Fax
01789 262073
Address
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
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