A Taste of Shakespeare
Cast and Key Production Personnel:
Adapted, Produced, Directed
and Narration Written
By
ERIC WEINTHAL
Executive Producers
ADA CRANIFORD
DOUG CRANIFORD
Director of Photography
DAVID J. PATRICK
Production Designer
CAMERON PORTEOUS
Editor
RALPH BRUNJES
Music Composed and Performed
By
RUSTY McCARTHY
Macbeth
DANIEL KASH
Lady Macbeth
SOO GARAY
Banquo/The Narrator
DAVID FOX
The Weird Sisters
CLARE COULTER
JANE MOFFAT
HOLLY LEWIS
MacDuff
ALAN VAN SPRANG
Lennox
ALEX POCH-GOLDIN
Malcolm
MICHAEL MAHONEY
King Duncan
ROBERT BUCK
Murderer
ANDREW SCORER
Doctor
DESMOND ELLIS
Background Performers
Tyler Gallagher
Derek Dorey
Jack Grinhaus
Kenning Stewart
Paul Irving
John Ford
Grant Allert
Production Manager
AMBER KESTEVEN
Assistant Director
MICHAEL BURKE
Sound
ERVIN COPESTAKE
PAUL GOSSE
Wardrobe Supervisor
TRACY FULTON
Art Department
APRIL ANNE VICZKO
Key Make-Up and Hair
BARBARA BARKEY
Gaffer
BILL PATON
Key Grip
JASON KENNEDY
Stills Photographer
EDWARD SPEK
Catering BY DAVID’S
Craft Service STARCRAFT
JAMES BURTON
OnLine Facility
Creative Post
OnLine Editor
STEVE JONES
Sound Editor
KATHY CHOI
Assistant Sound Editor
JEAN BOT
Mixed by
MARTIN LEE
IAN RANKIN
Post-Sound Facility
Tattersall-Casablanca
Lighting & Grip Equipment
P.S. Production Services
Shot on Digital Video
at
Toronto Film Studios
Scarborough Bluffs
Special Thanks
Stratford Festival of Canada
The Shaw Festival
Tarragon Theatre
Alan Westlake - Azure Productions
Mar-Lyn Lumber Sales Limited
Ross Proietti, Julie Murphy & John Smouter:
Ryder Car and Truck Rentals
John Sinopoli & Sue Potalivo: F.I.L.M. Inc.
George Rutley: Bluffer’s Park Marina
Paul Dunk: Toronto Parks and Recreation
Sandy Koitsis: Toronto Film & Television Office
Traverse Communications
Skyway Scaffold
Linda Ferguson
Mike Fletcher
James Binkley
Steve Wilsher
Daniel Hill
Margaret Gobie
Indra Escobar
Clare Johnston
John Doyle
David Kinnersly
Kristin Van Alphen
Kevin Pitts
Howard Gold
Kara Wooten
Produced in Association with
BRAVO! Canada
A division of CHUM Limited
Produced with the Participation of
THE CANADIAN INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FUND
with the assistance of
THE DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE
We gratefully acknowledge the support of
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
An agency of the Ministry of Culture
The Catherine & Maxwell
Meighen Foundation
The Norman and Margaret
Jewison Foundation
George Lunan Foundation
J.P. Bickell Foundation
Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation
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Claudius/Ghost/Polonius |
Brian Tree |
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Gertrude/Laertes/Gravedigger |
Tanja Jacobs |
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Hamlet |
Eric Weinthal |
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Ophelia/Horatio |
Karyn Dwyer |
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Director |
Dug Rotstein |
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Producer/Director |
Eric Weinthal |
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Adaptation and Narration |
Eric Weinthal & Ada Craniford |
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Executive Producers |
Ada & Doug Craniford |
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Director of Photography |
Alan Lennox |
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Gaffer |
Tom Durnan |
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Costume & Prop Design |
Teresa Przybylski |
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Music Composed & Produced |
David Hind-Smith |
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Make-up |
Barbara Barkey |
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Shylock/Narrator |
Brian Tree |
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Portia |
Ann-Marie MacDonald |
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Bassanio |
Stuart Hughes |
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Antonio |
Richard McMillan |
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Prince of Morocco/Tubal/ Duke of Venice |
Tyrone Benskin |
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Prince of Arragon |
Eric Weinthal |
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Gratiano |
Daniel Kash |
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Nerissa |
Tamara Gorski |
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Producer/Director |
Eric Weinthal |
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Executive Producers |
Ada & Doug Craniford |
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Adaptation & Narration |
Eric Weinthal & Ada Craniford |
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Director of Photography |
Tom Durnan |
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Costume & Prop Design |
Chris Bryden |
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Music composed & Produced |
David Hind-Smith |
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Music Engineer |
Tim Browne |
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Make-Up |
Barbara Barkey |
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Romeo |
Michael Tolfo |
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Juliet |
Katherine Ellis |
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Nurse |
Royce Herron |
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Mercutio |
Joel Jordan |
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Tybalt |
Eric Metheny |
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Lady Capulet |
Gail Van Cott |
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Lord Capulet |
David Markey |
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Friar Lawrence |
Brian Tree |
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Benvolio |
Steven Bollinger |
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Gregory |
Mark Daniel |
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Writer/Director/Producer |
Eric Weinthal |
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Executive Producers |
Ada & Doug Craniford |
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Director of Photography |
Azusa Ohno |
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Music |
Rusty McCarthy |
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Costume Design |
Antoinette Squeo |
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Titania/Narrator |
Nicky Guadagni |
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Oberon |
Daniel Kash |
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Puck |
Kate Hennig |
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Hermia |
Tara Rosling |
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Lysander |
Frank Zotter |
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Helena |
Stephanie Belding |
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Demetrius |
Sergio Di Zio |
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Theseus |
Brian Tree |
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Hippolyta |
Soo Garay |
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Quince |
Sean Sullivan |
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Flute |
Lynne Griffin |
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Snug |
Jack Newman |
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Snout |
Brett Heard |
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Bottom |
Eric Weinthal |
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Fairies |
Stella Rotstein |
| Isabel Rotstein | |
| Tess Benger | |
| Ruby Smith-Merovitz | |
| Ariel Smith-Merovitz | |
| Maia Smith-Merovitz | |
| Gualtiero Cavaliere | |
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Directed by |
Dug Rotstein |
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Adapted and Produced By |
Eric Weinthal |
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Executive Producer |
Ada Craniford |
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Director of Photography |
David Patrick |
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Prop Master |
Brian Patrick |
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Make-up and Hair |
Barbara Barkey |
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Scenic Painters |
Anita Olsthoorn |
| Tamara Calic | |
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Still Photography |
Dianna Last |
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Bottom's Mask built by |
Karen Rodd |
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Production Designer |
Teresa Przybylski |
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Music |
Rusty McCarthy |
Special Visual Effects by
Bone Digital Effects
Compositor - Nathan Cando
King Lear
Cast and Crew
| King Lear | David Fox |
| Earl of Kent/Narrator | Geoff Bowes |
| Earl of Gloucester | Gary Reineke |
| Goneril | Philippa Domville |
| Regan | Soo Garay |
| Cordelia | Waneta Storms |
| The Fool | Brian Tree |
| Edmund | Michael McManus |
| Edgar | Steve Cumyn |
| Duke of Cornwall | David Jansen |
| Duke of Albany | Kevin Hicks |
Produced and Directed by
Eric Weinthal
Executive Producer
Ada Craniford
Adaptation and Narration
Eric Weinthal
Production Designer
Cameron Porteous
Director of Photography
David J. Patrick
| Art Director Jayne Couch |
Wardrobe Co-ordinator Tracy Fulton Porteous |
| Assistant Director Michael Burke |
Editor Ralph Brunjes |
| Sound Paul Gosse Margus Jukkum |
Additional Editing Rik Morden |
| Sound Editors Michele Cook Paul Durand |
Re-recording Mixer Lou Solakofski |
| Gaffer Bill Paton |
Second Camera/ Best Boy Electric Matthew Andrews |
| Key Grip Jason F. Kennedy |
Best Boy Grip Rick Kertin |
| Grip Jeff Fowler |
Camera Assistant Kyle De Bouvries |
| Make-Up Barbara Barkey Hilary Joyce |
On Set Wardrobe Paula Moniz |
| Wardrobe Assistant Gwen Pennylegion |
Production Assistants John Thomas Gordon Katz Micah Warry-Smith |
| Art Department Assistant (trainee) Maria Johannah de Groot |
Lightning Effects Tim Faubert |
| Stills Photographer Lisa Silverman |
Craft Services Crave Catering |
Lighting & Grip Equipment P.S. Production Services
On-Line Editing The Post Group, Inc. (Canada)
Post-Production Sound
Tattersall-Casablanca
Cello
Coenraad Bloemendal
Music Engineered by
Rusty McCarthy
Special Thanks
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| Shaw Festival Theatre Stratford Festival Theatre Set Re-Set Toronto Film Studios |
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BRIAN TREE (Shylock in MERCHANT, The Fool in LEAR, Friar Lawrence in ROMEO,
Claudius and Polonius in HAMLET and Theseus in DREAM) has performed in fourteen
seasons at the Stratford Festival, where he has appeared in over forty-five
productions of Shakespeare's plays.
DAVID FOX (Lear in KING LEAR) won the Dora Award for his starring
role in the Governor General's Award-winning play THE DRAWER BOY, was a regular
in television’s ROAD TO AVONLEA and has acted in too many plays to count.
DANIEL KASH (title role in MACBETH, Oberon in DREAM, Gratiano in MERCHANT)
plays Simon Peter in THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, starred in Atom Egoyan's GROSS MISCONDUCT,
appears with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt in TUXEDO, with Judy Davis
in ME AND MY SHADOWS, with Sigourney Weaver in ALIENS, and has appeared in
dozens of plays including Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
MICHAEL McMANUS (Edmund in LEAR) plays KAI in the sci-fi T.V.
series LEXX and starred in Atom Egoyan's SPEAKING PARTS.
SOO GARAY (Lady Macbeth in MACBETH, Regan in LEAR, Hippolyta in DREAM) played Dr. Davison in PSI FACTOR, guest starred on PUPPETS WHO KILL, THE HUNGER and MUTANT X, starred in HBO's SHOT THROUGH THE HEART and appears in the feature films FOOLPROOF and NOTHING, directed by Vincent Natali.
CLARE COULTER (First Witch in MACBETH) has won the Dora Award,
starred in television’s WORST WITCH, and has appeared in dozens of movies,
television series and plays in Canada and England, including 25 plays at Tor’s
Tarragon Theatre.
GARY REINEKE (Gloucester in LEAR) won the Dora Award for his
stage performance in Sam Sheppard's BURIED CHILD and has appeared in dozens
of movies and television shows.
GEOFF BOWES (Narrator/Kent in LEAR) has won the Dora, acted
at Stratford, Shaw and every major theatre in Canada, starred in films and
television.
WANETA STORMS (Cordelia in LEAR) stars in CTV’s THE ELEVENTH
HOUR and won the Dora Award for her performance in the play COYOTE UGLY.
ANN-MARIE MACDONALD (Portia in MERCHANT) has won two Gemini
Awards for her acting. As a writer, she won the Commonwealth Prize for Best
First Novel, the CAA Literary Award for Fiction, and the Dartmouth Award for
Fiction for her first novel FALL ON YOUR KNEES.
Dora-award winning TANJA JACOBS (Gertrude, Laertes & Gravedigger
in HAMLET) has performed to acclaim in dozens of plays across Canada.
KAREN DWYER (Ophelia & Horario in HAMLET) starred in the
feature film BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE.
RICHARD MCMILLAN (Antonio in MERCHANT) played Scar onstage in
THE LION KING, and starred in MIKADO on Broadway.
KATE ELLIS (Juliet in ROMEO & JULIET) guest-starred on NYPD BLUE, was a regular on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and starred in the NBC series GO FISH.
Key Creative Personnel
CAMERON PORTEOUS (Production Design, Costume Design: KING LEAR,
MACBETH) was Head of Design at Ontario's Shaw Theatre Festival for 17 years.
He has also designed sets and costumes for theatre and opera across Canada,
and was Production Designer for all of DevineEntertainment's Artist, Inventor
and Composer films, including BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS, for which he won an
Emmy Award.
TERESA PRZYBYLSKI (Production Design, Costume Design: DREAM,
HAMLET) is an architect and designer for opera, theatre, dance and film, including
productions at Stratford, Shaw, Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre,
Théâtre Français de Toronto, and Native Earth. She is
the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
DAVID J. PATRICK (Director of Photography: LEAR, MACBETH, DREAM) has been a Copywriter and Technical Producer in radio, an Actor, Stage Manager and Lighting Director in theatre, and a Key Grip and Gaffer for commercials, corporate and rock video and feature film. He has directed and edited and is Director of Photography on dramas and documentaries using everything from super8 to 35mm and lipstick-cam to HighDef. David designs and builds production hardware systems and teaches lighting and cinematography.
RUSTY McCARTHY (Composer: ROMEO, DREAM, MACBETH) has played
guitar with countless bands including a long collaboration with Mary-Margaret
O'Hara. He is a versatile musician who composes in many styles, producing
music for film, T.V., dance and for recording artists at his own studio, The
RecRoom.
ERIC WEINTHAL (series creator) has written dozens of television
shows, directed a few and been a story editor. The Toronto International Film
Festival hired him to be Screenwriting Mentor to six screenwriters across
the country. Eric’s first feature film as a writer/director played at
film festivals, theatrically and on television. He was commissioned to write
a book and a television series. Eric sings, writes music and acts, and is
writing a play and a musical.
ADA CRANIFORD (series creator) holds a P.H.D. in Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies and has taught university and high school. She has just written a book about Mordecai Richler entitled “The Importance of Being Mordecai”.
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