Playing Shakespeare
(DVD Set)
Contributors
Published
Silver Spring, MD : Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.
Edition
Standard format (1.33:1).
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 456 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : col. ill. ; 15 cm.)
Status
Morro Bay Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
792.95
1 available
792.95
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Morro Bay Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | 792.95 | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Acting -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.
Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Instructional television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
Shakespearean actors and actresses -- Interviews.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Instructional television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
Shakespearean actors and actresses -- Interviews.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Published
Silver Spring, MD : Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.
Format
DVD Set
Edition
Standard format (1.33:1).
Language
English
UPC
054961822195
Notes
General Note
Collective title, episode titles & disc numeration from disc menus.
General Note
Originally produced as 9 episodes of the television program Playing Shakespeare in 1984.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): actor biographies & RSC stage credits (for Aschcroft, Dench, Howard, Kingsley, McKellen, Stewart, Suchet).
General Note
Viewer's guide includes highlights from each episode, questions to consider for each episode, a bibliography, a history of the RSC, and a glossary.
Creation/Production Credits
Cameramen, Lisle Middleditch, Mike Paterson ; videotape editor, Graham Roberts ; music by Guy Woolfenden.
Participants/Performers
Presented by John Barton ; actors: Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Church, Sinead Cusack, Judi Dench, Susan Fleetwood, Mike Gwilym, Sheila Hancock, Lisa Harrow, Alan Howard, Ben Kingsley, Jane Lapotaire, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Ian McKellen, Richard Pasco, Michael Pennington, Roger Rees, Norman Rodway, Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, Michael Williams.
Description
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in nine intensive acting workshops, demonstrating how the Company makes Shakespeare's classic plays accessible to modern audiences without compromising the text's integrity.
System Details
DVD; Dolby digital.
Language
In English.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hearing-impaired.
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