Shakespeare - Or What You Will

Alternative title

Dark Horses: Shakespeare - Or What You Will

Synopsis

Television documentary on Shakespeare and homosexuality presented by Simon Callow. Includes extracts from Coriolanus (IV v ‘O Marcius, Marcius!') and Othello (III iii ‘I lay with Cassio lately’) spoken over images of male bodies, and a full reading of Sonnet 20 (`A woman’s face, with Nature’s own hand painted’). Juliet Stevenson comments on the role of Rosalind in As You Like It and Declan Donnellan discusses Cheek by Jowl’s all-male production of the play.

Series

Without Walls

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

homosexuality; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-male casts

Credits

Director

Isabel McIver

Contributor

Alan Sinfield; Bruce R. Smith; Declan Donnellan; Juliet Stevenson; Simon Callow; Stanley Wells

Production Company

Name

Wall to Wall Television

Phone

020 7485 7424

Fax

020 7267 5292

Address

8-9 Spring Place
Kentish Town
London NW5 3ER

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN