Acting Shakespeare with Ian McKellen

Alternative title: Shakespeare Workshop: Acting Shakespeare with Ian McKellen Ian McKellen - Acting Shakespeare
Synopsis: A videorecording of Ian McKellen’s one man show, ‘Acting Shakespeare’. In two parts: 1 (60 min): McKellen talks about his career as a Shakespearean actor and about Shakespeare’s life and writing, interspersing his account with performances of well known speeches from the plays. 2: McKellen analyses a speech from the closing scenes of Macbeth in order to decide how to perform it. Concludes with an anecdote about his experience of playing Henry V. Produced for television by Andrew and David Susskind. Staged by Sean Mathias and re-directed for television by Kirk Browning.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1982
Year of production: 1982
Notes: A sound recording of McKellen’s one-man show is held by the British Library Sound Archive. The script is available at http://www.mckellen.com/stage/awa/script/index.htm
DVD released in the US on 12/1/2010 (region 1 only) and includes a booklet with liner notes written by McKellen
Documentation: Accompanying teacher’s pack.
Uses: Secondary drama.
Subjects: Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords: acting techniques; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows

Director

Kirk Browning

Producer

Andrew Susskind; David Susskind

Cast

Ian McKellen

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