Shakespeare's Globe On Screen: The Comedy of Errors

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Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Nov 29, 2015 1:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:140 min
Country Listing:UK
Copyright:2015
Rating:STC
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Blanche McIntyre
Cinema Extra
Cast:Hattie Ladbury as Adriana
Stefan Adegbola as Pinch/First Merchant
Paul Brendan as Angelo
Gershwyn Eustache Jr as Balthasar/Second Merchant
Peter Hamilton Dyer as Solinus
James Laurenson as Egeon
Anne Odeke as Luce/Messenger
Jamie Wilkes as Dromio of Ephesus
Simon Harrison as Antipholus of Syracuse
Andy Apollo as Gaoler/Officer/Headsman
Linda Broughton as Aemilia, the Abbess
Becci Gemmell as Luciana
Emma Jerrold as Courtesan
Matthew Needham as Antipholus of Ephesus
Brodie Ross as Dromio of Syracuse

Description

Shakespeare's Globe on Screen: Featuring productions from London's historic Globe Theatre.

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. 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. The final Globe on Screen film for 2015 brings the perfect light relief to close an epic season. Featuring authentic Renaissance costumes and staging The Comedy of Errors will leave you roaring with laughter.

Recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe. Includes one 10-minute intermission.

Tickets: $16 (Members: $12, $10, Free)