Notes
Collection reference: RSC/SM/1/2011/MER1
Director, Rupert Goold ; Designer, Tom Scutt ; Composer/arranger, Adam Cork ; Choreographer, Scott Ambler.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2023. Digitized from a copy held by the Royal Shakespeare Company Archive.
Royal Shakespeare Company Archive.
Summary
This production was set in Las Vegas with accompanying bright lights, casino, and show girls. The trial scene set in a meat warehouse, and the ending of the play in Belmont positioned Portia dishevelled, dancing alone to Elvis's 'Are You Lonesome Tonight'.
Variant and related titles
Royal Shakespeare company archives: From playwrights to performance, 1889-2013.
Credits
Director, Rupert Goold ; Designer, Tom Scutt ; Composer/arranger, Adam Cork ; Choreographer, Scott Ambler.
Cast
Appiah, Madeline; Brewer, Rebecca; Beamish, Jamie; Percival, Daniel; Plumtree, Emily; Morell, Jason; Ononokpono, David; Toussaint, Steve; Stewart, Patrick; Kelly, Aidan; Martin, Caroline; Wright, Christopher; Sanghera, Lauren; Schmidt-Hansen, Freya; Moore, Isobel; McGranaghan, David; Howard, Charles; Southerd, David; Handy, Scott; Patel, Nikesh; Riddell, Richard; McAleer, Des; Christopher, Alan; Dollimore, Noel; Emeny, Brian; Harris, Tony; Kosseff, Anne; MacDonald, Jaqueline; Mears, David; Fielding, Susannah