Self Made

Synopsis: A documentary recording a theatre project that artist Gillian Wearing initiated in London with a Method acting teacher, Sam Rumbelow. Together, they found seven non-actors - ‘participants’, via a newspaper advertisement and entered into a ten-day Method workshop with them, filming them as Rumbelow pushed them to explore themselves and act out their experiences. The film diverts from documentary in presenting five short dramatic films within the main film - ‘end pieces’, each starring one of five participants and each a reflection on their lives. One woman, Lian Stewart, who has a difficult relationship with her father, plays Cordelia in a short extract from King Lear (Act 1, sc 1 "the jewels of our father")
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2010
Availability: No archive copy or distributor known.
Notes: Lian Stewart taking the role of Cordelia may be viewed on the film’s website (http://selfmade.org.uk/videos), accessed 7/2011).
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); therapy; Untrained actors