Learning on ScreenCid, Le
- Synopsis
- Six scenes from Le Cid, re-staged in the Birmingham University Television Studio, from the Cercle Française production at the Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham. Corneille’s attitudes to young love, parental duty and duty to the state are compared visually and textually with scenes from Racine’s Bérénice and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 50 min.
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1984-5
- Year of production
- 1984-5
- Availability
- Out of Distribution (2005)
- Uses
- Sixth-form and university students of 17th-century French drama.
- Subjects
- Drama; French studies
- Keywords
- Corneille, Pierre; Racine, Jean (1639-1699); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Paul Morby
- Producer
- Paul Morby
- Writer
- Jess Banks
- Contributor
- Jess Banks
Production Company
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Edgbaston
- Phone
- 0121-414 6492
- Fax
- 0121-414 6999
- Address
- BIRMINGHAM
B15 2TT
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