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Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors
Simon Harrison (Antipholus of Syracuse); Matthew Needham (Antipholus of Ephesus); Jamie Wilkes (Dromio of Ephesus); Brodie Ross (Dromio of Syracuse); Hattie Ladbury (Adriana); Becci Gemmell (Luciana); Emma Jerrold (Courtesan); Peter Hamilton Dyer (Solinus); James Laurenson (Egeon); Stefan Adegbola (Pinch/First Merchant); Gershwyn Eustache Jr (Balthasar/Second Merchant); Paul Brendan (Angelo)
Take one pair of estranged twin brothers (both called Antipholus), and one pair of estranged twin servants (both called Dromio), keep them in ignorance of each other and throw them into a city with a reputation for sorcery, and you have all the ingredients for theatrical chaos. One Antipholus is astonished by his foreign hospitality; the other enraged by the hostility of his home town. The Dromios, caught between the two, are soundly beaten for obeying all the wrong orders.
Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious slapstick and social nightmare.
This sell-out production employs authentic Renaissance costumes and staging and has audiences roaring with laughter as it crams in “more hilarious anarchy than you can shake a fish, cat or identity-confused servant at.” (London Theatre Guide).
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/11/2015
Sound Formats: Dolby Stereo; Dolby Surround
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1199D
Artist(s):
Simon Harrison; Matthew Needham; Jamie Wilkes; Brodie Ross; Hattie Ladbury; Becci Gemmell; Emma Jerrold; Peter Hamilton Dyer; James Laurenson; Stefan Adegbola; Gershwyn Eustache Jr; Paul Brendan
Simon Harrison; Matthew Needham; Jamie Wilkes; Brodie Ross; Hattie Ladbury; Becci Gemmell; Emma Jerrold; Peter Hamilton Dyer; James Laurenson; Stefan Adegbola; Gershwyn Eustache Jr; Paul Brendan
"... more hilarious anarchy than you can shake a fish, cat or identity-confused servant at." (London Theatre Guide)
"Sparkling cast serves a feast of fun flying cabbages." (The Times ★★★)
"The production crackles and fizzes with gags aplenty." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
"... a production of The Comedy of Errors that is as enchanting as it is hilarious." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"I've always thought this to be one of the most beautifully crafted farces ever written. What is refreshing is to find it given a near-perfect production by Blanche McIntyre – one that evokes its Greco-Turkish setting, is exuberantly funny and yet reminds us this is also a play about impending death and the nature of identity." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Sparkling cast serves a feast of fun flying cabbages." (The Times ★★★)
"The production crackles and fizzes with gags aplenty." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
"... a production of The Comedy of Errors that is as enchanting as it is hilarious." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"I've always thought this to be one of the most beautifully crafted farces ever written. What is refreshing is to find it given a near-perfect production by Blanche McIntyre – one that evokes its Greco-Turkish setting, is exuberantly funny and yet reminds us this is also a play about impending death and the nature of identity." (The Guardian ★★★★)
Simon Harrison (Antipholus of Syracuse); Matthew Needham (Antipholus of Ephesus); Jamie Wilkes (Dromio of Ephesus); Brodie Ross (Dromio of Syracuse); Hattie Ladbury (Adriana); Becci Gemmell (Luciana); Emma Jerrold (Courtesan); Peter Hamilton Dyer (Solinus); James Laurenson (Egeon); Stefan Adegbola (Pinch/First Merchant); Gershwyn Eustache Jr (Balthasar/Second Merchant); Paul Brendan (Angelo)
Take one pair of estranged twin brothers (both called Antipholus), and one pair of estranged twin servants (both called Dromio), keep them in ignorance of each other and throw them into a city with a reputation for sorcery, and you have all the ingredients for theatrical chaos. One Antipholus is astonished by his foreign hospitality; the other enraged by the hostility of his home town. The Dromios, caught between the two, are soundly beaten for obeying all the wrong orders.
Basing his plot on a farce by Plautus, Shakespeare caps the mayhem of his Roman original to build up a hectic tale of violent cross-purposes, furious slapstick and social nightmare.
This sell-out production employs authentic Renaissance costumes and staging and has audiences roaring with laughter as it crams in “more hilarious anarchy than you can shake a fish, cat or identity-confused servant at.” (London Theatre Guide).
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/11/2015
Sound Formats: Dolby Stereo; Dolby Surround
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1199D
Artist(s):
Simon Harrison; Matthew Needham; Jamie Wilkes; Brodie Ross; Hattie Ladbury; Becci Gemmell; Emma Jerrold; Peter Hamilton Dyer; James Laurenson; Stefan Adegbola; Gershwyn Eustache Jr; Paul Brendan
Simon Harrison; Matthew Needham; Jamie Wilkes; Brodie Ross; Hattie Ladbury; Becci Gemmell; Emma Jerrold; Peter Hamilton Dyer; James Laurenson; Stefan Adegbola; Gershwyn Eustache Jr; Paul Brendan
"... more hilarious anarchy than you can shake a fish, cat or identity-confused servant at." (London Theatre Guide)
"Sparkling cast serves a feast of fun flying cabbages." (The Times ★★★)
"The production crackles and fizzes with gags aplenty." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
"... a production of The Comedy of Errors that is as enchanting as it is hilarious." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"I've always thought this to be one of the most beautifully crafted farces ever written. What is refreshing is to find it given a near-perfect production by Blanche McIntyre – one that evokes its Greco-Turkish setting, is exuberantly funny and yet reminds us this is also a play about impending death and the nature of identity." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Sparkling cast serves a feast of fun flying cabbages." (The Times ★★★)
"The production crackles and fizzes with gags aplenty." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
"... a production of The Comedy of Errors that is as enchanting as it is hilarious." (The Independent ★★★★★)
"I've always thought this to be one of the most beautifully crafted farces ever written. What is refreshing is to find it given a near-perfect production by Blanche McIntyre – one that evokes its Greco-Turkish setting, is exuberantly funny and yet reminds us this is also a play about impending death and the nature of identity." (The Guardian ★★★★)
