Playing Shakespeare
(Video DVD)
Contributors
Published
Silver Spring, MD : Athena : Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.
Edition
Standard format (1.33:1).
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 456 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide (16 pages : col. ill. ; 15 cm)
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| North Bend Public Library - Adult/General - Video | 822.33 SHAKESPEARE Playing | Available |
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Published
Silver Spring, MD : Athena : Distributed by Acorn Media, c2009.
Format
Video DVD
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 1982
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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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barton, J., Carlaw, J., Snell, A., Ashcroft, P., Church, T., Cusack, S., Dench, J., Fleetwood, S., Gwilym, M., Hancock, S., Harrow, L., Kingsley, B., Lapotaire, J., Leigh-Hunt, B., McKellen, I., Pasco, R., Pennington, M., Rees, R., Rodway, N., Sinden, D., Stewart, P., Suchet, D., Williams, M., Woolfenden, G., & Howard, A. (2009). Playing Shakespeare (Standard format (1.33:1).). Athena : Distributed by Acorn Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Barton et al.. 2009. Playing Shakespeare. Athena : Distributed by Acorn Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Barton et al.. Playing Shakespeare Athena : Distributed by Acorn Media, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barton, John, et al. Playing Shakespeare Standard format (1.33:1)., Athena : Distributed by Acorn Media, 2009.
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