Room of One’s Own

Synopsis

`A Room of One’s Own’ is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. first published in 1929, and based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in 1928. The premise is that for women to write fiction they need £500 and a room of their own. At one point in the reading Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister, Judith, who was equally gifted with literary genius; the circumstances of the times she argues would have prevented her from exercising that talent.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); women; writing; One-Person shows

Credits

Director

Patrick Garland

Producer

Bill Shepherd

Cinematographer

Sue Gibson

Cast

Eileen Atkins

Production Company

Name

Oyster Television Film Theatre

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

Name

Paley Center for Media

Web

http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(212) 621-6600

Address

25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA

Notes

Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.