Theatre Games / Sir John Gielgud

Synopsis: Two programmes relating to course AA306, Shakespeare: text and Performance.

Band 1) Theatre Games: Dramatist Clive Barker, actress Fiona Shaw and Cicely Berry, voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, demonstrate the value of theatre games, as practised by Stanislavski and Barker, as a method of improving physical engagement with Shakespeare’s works. Activities designed to sharpen concentration and deepen expression carried out by workshop participants, leading to a reading of Sonnet 57 (`Being but your slave, what should I do but tend/Upon the hours and times of your desire?'') and scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear.

Band 2) Sir John Gielgud: an extensive conversation between John Gielgud and Richard Attenborough, with Gielgud sharing his memories of the Shakespearean characters he has played. Features footage from Shakespearean films in which he starred.
Series: Open University Aa306
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2000
Year of production: 2000
Availability: Out of distribution
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: acting techniques; body language; Gielgud, John (1904-2000); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stanislavskii, Konstantin Sergeevich; Verse speaking; Workshops

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