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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/261b
Title'Rashomon' by Fay and Michael Kanin
Extent1 file
Date1959-1961
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Rashomon', based on 'Rashomon' the 1951 Japanese art film by Shinobu Hashimoto and Akira Kurosawa, which was based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; with photographs of members of the cast; typescript on front cover gives date and details

Performed at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 18 Apr 1961; directed by Bernard Hepton; setting by Paul Shelving
USA: The Music Box, New York, Mar 1959; presented by David Susskind and Hardy Smith; directed by Peter Glenville; settings and costumes by Oliver Messel; lighting by Jo Mielziner; music by Laurence Rosenthal

Casts: Murray Hayne, John Rolfe, Norman Bennett, Derek Jacobi, Wolfe Morris, Alexis Kanner, Hilary Liddell, Monica Stewart, Rosemary Leach, Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Noel Willman, Oscar Homolka, Akim Tamiroff
Access StatusOpen