A 3-D video of a staged performance of a scene from The Rover, a 1677 Restoration comedy by Aphra Behn. You can watch the video in compressed FLV format online at veoh.com, but to see the best quality, you should see the full-resolution WMV download. For that, you have to have a Veoh account, and install the Veoh Player software, and then click the "Download Video" button on the movie's page. It's all free, but a lot of work.

In Act III, Scene III, Florinda (Laura Yandell) is alone in her garden at night. Willmore (John Patrick Berry) wanders in, seeking a spot to sleep off his drunkenness. But noticing Florinda, he tries to force his attentions on her. You can read the script here.

The 3-D camera work (by Phil Brown of Media55) is expert. The blocking and framing of the shots tell the story well without intruding. Excellent work.

The performances lack range -- Florinda is disgusted by Willmore, but never seems to express the outrage appropriate to such an insult -- but are not bad. And besides which, Laura Yandell in her 3-D nightgown would be a fine film with no script at all, so I consider the acting an added gift.

The music, for some reason, plays annoyingly through the whole scene. The play, and the playwright, are overrated today, but of genuine historical interest: Aphra Behn was one of the first female professional writers in England.

I hope to see more (and better) work of this sort from Media55.