The School for Scandal (Broadway Theatre Archive)
by Michael Langham, Nick Havinga
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Actor: Barbara Bryne, Bernard Behrens, Blair Brown, Ivar Brogger, Patricia ConnollyDirector: Michael Langham, Nick Havinga
Editor: Girish Bhargava
Producer: David Griffiths
Producer: Jac Venza
Writer: Michael Bawtree
Writer: Richard B. Sheridan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
DVD Reviews of The School for Scandal (Broadway Theatre Archive)
DVD Review: As Bad a Production as Possible
Summary: 1 Stars
This Broadway Theatre Archive production took one of the wittiest, most sparkling 18th-century comedies--and ruined it. The costumes are intentionally absurd (think Beach Blanket Babylon), the acting is way over-the-top-camp, and the incidental music could not be worse. The music, BTW, is a combination of pop Renaissance and pop modern; anything but 18th century. The director appears to have had the goal of showing that his company was just too hip and too modern to do anything but make fun of this silly, fusty old play.
I like "The School for Scandal" very much, and not having found any other DVDs of it, I started out with the intention of keeping a recording of even a bad production. But when they got into the extended bop-be-bop of the drinking song scene, I knew I just couldn't ever sit through this one again.
The visuals are also blurry, but with the production being so bad, so what? Anyone who actually likes this play will be revolted by this DVD.
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Description of The School for Scandal (Broadway Theatre Archive)
First performed in 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan?s sophisticated comedy of manners satirizes the extravagance and corruption of London society. The School for Scandal?s combination of elegant language and earthy comedy weaves a deliciously nasty tale of intrigue, slander, and clandestine love affairs. Blair Brown stars in this timeless, witty look at the wages of scandal mongering and social climbing, scheming and hypocrisy. Stars Emmy®-nominees Blair Brown ("The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd") and Kenneth Welsh ("Twin Peaks") and Emmy®-winner Larry Gates (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof).Bestsellers in DVD
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