Language and character / a presentation of Films for the Humanities ; an Arts International-London Weekend Television production ; producers, Melvyn Bragg, Nick Evans ; director, John Carlaw.
Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of language to define character, and his characters' use of heightened language to achieve their intentions. Explores the Elizabethan relish of words and th...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities,
1984.
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| Series: | Playing Shakespeare.
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| Summary: | Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of language to define character, and his characters' use of heightened language to achieve their intentions. Explores the Elizabethan relish of words and the use of Elizabethan English in the development of Shakespeare's characters. |
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| Item Description: | Title from data sheet. Made in Great Britain. Intended audience: Junior high school through college students and adults. "FFH 755." |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (VHS) (51 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Participant or Performer: | Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart, Lisa Harrow, Roger Rees, Michael Pennington, David Suchet, Michael Williams, Sinead Cusack. |