A Taste of Shakespeare

LOVE

Written, Produced & Directed
by
Eric Weinthal


Based on an Idea
by
Ada Craniford





Executive Producers
Doug Craniford
Ada Craniford

 

Starring

(in order of appearance)


Holly Lewis

Nicky Guadagni

Daniel Kash

Brian Tree

Eric Weinthal

 

And featured in clips:

 

  Othello
Othello
Maurice Dean Win
Iago
Eric Weinthal
Desdemona
Holly Lewis
Cassio
Alan Van Sprang

 

 
        Midsummer Night’s Dream
Titania

Nicky Guadagni
Oberon

Daniel Kash
Hermia
Tara Rosling
Lysander
Frank Zotter
Puck
Kate Hennig
Demetrius
Sergio di Zio
Helena
Stephanie Belding
Bottom
Eric Weinthal

 

 
      Romeo & Juliet
Juliet
Katherine Ellis
Romeo
Michael Tolfo
Friar

Brian Tree

 

 
        The Merchant of Venice
Portia
Anne-Marie MacDonald
Bassanio
Stuart Hughes
Antonio
Richard McMillan
Shylock
Brian Tree

 

 
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Soo Garay
Macbeth
Daniel Kash

 

 
  Hamlet
Hamlet
Eric Weinthal
Gertrude
Tanja Jacobs
Ophelia
Karyn Dwyer

 

 
  King Lear


Lear
David Fox
Goneril
Philippa Domville
Regan
Soo Garay
Cordelia
Waneta Storms


 


Director of Photography
David J. Patrick

Picture Editor
Ralph Brunjes

Production Sound
Erika Schengili-Roberts


Boom
Daryl Purdy

Post Sound
Sean Karp
Karp ADM Studios


Gaffer
David Choi

Key Grip
Noelle Murphy

Swing
Jacques Fortier

Production Co-ordinator
Still Photographer
Lola Davidson

Make-up & Hair
Barbara Barkey


Catering
Bitchin’ Kitchen


Production Assistance
Micah Warry-Smith


Clips from:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hamlet
Othello

Directed by
Dug Rotstein



Clips from:

The Merchant of Venice
Romeo & Juliet
King Lear
Macbeth

Directed by
Eric Weinthal


Production Designers
Cameron Porteous
Teresa Przybylski


Music by
Rusty McCarthy

“Hamlet” music by
David Hind-Smith

Shot at
The Great Hall
Toronto


Lighting & Grip Equipment
P.S. Production Services



Camera Equipment
East Hill Productions
Bongo Video



Technicolor Creative Services

Online Editor
Mark Betteridge

Colourist
Robert Leblanc

Titles
Michael Key



Special Thanks

Dug Rotstein
Melissa Pinkus
J.P. Bickell Foundation
George Lunan Foundation
Eugenia Board of Directors
Antonio Chiuccariello
Amanda Butler
Nakita Whyatt
Mark Stevens
Grace Carnale-Davis


 

SOME FACTS ABOUT OUR ACTORS

NICKY GUADAGNI (Titania/Narrator in DREAM) appears in the feature films CRASH and SILENT HILL, and television shows from QUEER AS FOLK to NERO WOLFE. She won Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1998 for MAJOR CRIME and another in 2004 for Best Actress in BLUE MURDER.

HOLLY LEWIS (Desdemona in OTHELLO, one of The Weird Sisters MACBETH) starred in the feature film THESE GIRLS, and appeared on television in THE NEWSROOM and PUPPETS WHO KILL.

DANIEL KASH (title role in MACBETH, Roderigo/Narrator in OTHELLO, Oberon in DREAM, Gratiano in MERCHANT) stars in the new television series THE LINE, played Simon Peter in THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, starred in Atom Egoyan's GROSS MISCONDUCT, appears with Sigourney Weaver in ALIENS, and has starred in dozens of plays including the role of Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.

BRIAN TREE (Brabantio in OTHELLO, Shylock/Narrator in MERCHANT, The Fool in LEAR, Friar Lawrence in ROMEO, Claudius/ Polonius/Narrator in HAMLET and Theseus in DREAM) has performed in sixteen seasons at the Stratford Festival, where he has appeared in over fifty productions of Shakespeare's plays, opposite everyone from Christopher Plummer to Amanda Plummer.

ERIC WEINTHAL (title role in HAMLET, Bottom in DREAM and Iago in OTHELLO) appears in the feature films HOLLYWOODLAND and CITIZEN DUANE, television movies BRAVE NEW GIRL and KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX, series including MUTANT X, TRADERS and MONK, and on stage in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

 

 

Key Creative Personnel

DAVID J. PATRICK (Director of Photography: OTHELLO, 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: OTHELLO, 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 three television pilots. Eric sings, writes music and acts, and has written two plays.

ADA CRANIFORD (series creator) holds a Ph.D in Renaissance Studies and wrote her doctoral thesis on Biblical allusions in Shakespeare's comedies. She has taught English and Drama at universities and high schools. She recently published a book entitled “Mordecai Richler: A Life in Ten Novels”.

 


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