Meet the Shakespeares

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1817

Date Released

30 Mar 1964

Date submitted

24 Mar 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1'Rulers of the Queens Navy’
2. 2Meet the Shakespeares
3. 3How to Stop a Shark

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meet the Shakespeares. DESCRIPTION: 1964 is the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare, the great poet. Few men can feel so closely concerned with this anniversary as Harold George Shakespeare Hart, an engineer of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire: Mr Hart is the nearest living relative. He can trace his ancestry right back, though his father and his grandfather who started the engineering firm, right back to Shakespeare’s sister Joan who married a William Hart from Stratford-on-Avon. Working with Mr Hart is his son-in-law, Ronald Croxford. He and his wife Pamela Hart live on a houseboat at Bourne End, and their baby, born last year, is the latest of an historic line. Young Mark Shakespeare is the thirteenth in direct descent from the sister of the most famous poet in the English language. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Mr Harold George Shakespeare Hart walks from van. GV same enters workshop. CU sign G Hart - Engineer. GV Mr Hart in workshop. CU same at work. CU lathe turning. CU Mr Hart at work. MS same working at lathe (2 shots). CU Mr Hart. CU lathe turning. CU Mr Hart. CU old fashioned phone on wall. CU Mr Hart using same. CU Mr Hart’s son-in-law Ronald Coxford. MCU Mr Hart talking to same. ES pan Pamela Hart pushing pram. LS same joined by husband. MCU pan both walk with baby Mark onto houseboat. Sign Black Swan. MCU both play with baby. MCU Mr Hart unrolls family tree. CU family tree. CU Mr Hart.

Keywords

Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals; Writers

Locations

Bourne End; Buckinghamshire; High Wycombe

Card file number

88108

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

150

Story extras:

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