Cyrano De Bergerac
Fri, 12 Aug 2005, 09:02 amWalter Plinge10 posts in thread
Cyrano De Bergerac
Fri, 12 Aug 2005, 09:02 amWhy is that the wonderful play Cyrano De Bergerac is not performed that often.
I think it is a great play.I saw the Sydeny Theatre Company production in 1999 but I haven't heard of any productions being done since then.
Why is this so?
I think it is a great play.I saw the Sydeny Theatre Company production in 1999 but I haven't heard of any productions being done since then.
Why is this so?
Re: Cyrano De Bergerac
Fri, 9 Sept 2005, 01:08 pmWalter Plinge
It was an RSC production, which means that it is probably on tape but won't be released to the general public.
For the last 20 odd years the RSC has been videotaping (very badly) all their productions. God knows how much has been lost to posterity! The filming usually involves a single camera, aimed CS, so any action SR and SL is lost. I saw the 2000 Richard II vid and the first five minutes was spent listening to the dialogue while looking at an empty stage.
The vids are available at the Shakespeare Library, if you happen to be in Stratford-upon-Avon. You can book and view them at the library for no cost. I've seen a few over the years - the Barbican Macbeth with Jacobi was appalling. The camera so far from the stage you couldn't work out who was who! The recent HenryIV was very good - multiple cameras and a couple of different angles.
The David Troughton Richard III was also very good.
Thou rank plume-plucked hugger-mugger!
For the last 20 odd years the RSC has been videotaping (very badly) all their productions. God knows how much has been lost to posterity! The filming usually involves a single camera, aimed CS, so any action SR and SL is lost. I saw the 2000 Richard II vid and the first five minutes was spent listening to the dialogue while looking at an empty stage.
The vids are available at the Shakespeare Library, if you happen to be in Stratford-upon-Avon. You can book and view them at the library for no cost. I've seen a few over the years - the Barbican Macbeth with Jacobi was appalling. The camera so far from the stage you couldn't work out who was who! The recent HenryIV was very good - multiple cameras and a couple of different angles.
The David Troughton Richard III was also very good.
Thou rank plume-plucked hugger-mugger!
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