Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy is a film version of the play The Revenger's Tragedy (author unknown; the film's credits list Thomas Middleton, but Cyril Tourneur is another popular candidate for authorship), first published in 1606. It was directed by Alex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fellow Liverpudlian, Frank Cottrell Boyce. The movie stars Christopher Eccleston as Vindici, Eddie Izzard as Lussurioso, Derek Jacobi as the Duke, Diana Quick as the Duchess, Andrew Schofield as Carlo, Carla Henry as Castiza, Marc Warren as Supervacuo and Justin Salinger as Ambitioso. Revengers Tragedy was shot and edited in Liverpool with an almost entirely local crew, including cinematographer Len Gowing, costumer Monica Aslanian, makeup designer Lesley Brennan and assistant director Kim Ryan. Cox's traditional production designer, Cecilia Montiel, prepared a visual strategy which was executed by her co-designer Remi Vaughan-Richards. Cottrell Boyce's script mixes the original Jacobean language with... full article at wikipedia