Playing Shakespeare
(DVD)
Contributors
Ashcroft, Peggy, Dame. Actor
Barton, John, 1928- Screenwriter
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- Producer
Carlaw, John. Director
Church, Tony. Actor
Barton, John, 1928- Screenwriter
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- Producer
Carlaw, John. Director
Church, Tony. Actor
Published
Silver Spring, MD : Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 456 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : col. ill. ; 15 cm.)
Status
Ashland Library
V 822.33 PLAYING
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V 822.33 PLAYING
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Published
Silver Spring, MD : Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
054961822195
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as 9 episodes of the television program Playing Shakespeare in 1982.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): actor biographies & RSC stage credits (for Aschcroft, Dench, Howard, Kingsley, McKellen, Stewart, Suchet). Viewer's guide includes highlights from each episode, questions to consider for each episode, a bibliography, a history of the RSC, and a glossary.
General Note
Title from container. Episode titles & disc numeration from disc menus.
Creation/Production Credits
Cameramen, Lisle Middleditch, Mike Paterson ; videotape editor, Graham Roberts ; music by Guy Woolfenden.
Participants/Performers
Presented by John Barton ; Royal Shakespeare Company: 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 with optional English subtitles.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ashcroft, P., Barton, J., Bragg, M., Carlaw, J., Church, T., Cusack, S., Dench, J., Evans, N., Fleetwood, S., Gwilym, M., Hancock, S., Harrow, L., Howard, A., Kingsley, B., Lapotaire, J., Leigh-Hunt, B., McKellen, I., Pasco, R., Pennington, M., Rees, R., Rodway, N., Sinden, D., Snell, A., Stewart, P., Suchet, D., Williams, M., & Woolfenden, G. (2009). Playing Shakespeare . Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peggy Ashcroft et al.. 2009. Playing Shakespeare. Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peggy Ashcroft et al.. Playing Shakespeare Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ashcroft, Peggy, et al. Playing Shakespeare Athena ; Distributed by Acorn Media, 2009.
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