Learning on ScreenUnderstanding Shakespeare: His Stagecraft
- Synopsis
- Designed to show how the physical features of the Elizabethan stage influenced the work of Shakespeare. The duties of the bookholder, the props and costumes, actors in the ‘tiring room’, and boys playing women’s parts are discussed. Extracts from Shakespeare’s plays follow, showing how he used the features of the stage to represent balconies, city walls, town gates. The film then illustrates dramatic techniques as the aside, the soliloquy, problems of entrances and exits and the manner in which Shakespeare rounded off a performance.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1971
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Availability
- Hire Sale
Credits
- Director
- George Murcell; W Hugh Baddeley
- Writer
- Clement Bending; W Hugh Baddeley
- Contributor
- Richard Bebb
- Cast
Colin Fisher Henry Gilbert James Bree
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- acting; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan stage
Notes
- Notes
- The film was released in both colour and black and white in the US.
- History
- Released in the United States by Coronet Instructional Films.
- Uses
- Secondary and further education.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Distributor
- Name
Viewtech Educational Media
- Contact
- Lynda Morrell
- Notes
- NB. Viewtech ceased trading in 2014 and the company’s products are no longer in distribution For over 30 years Viewtech distributed programmes from leading specialist educational producers from around the world and since 2002 it included titles previously distributed in the UK by Educational Media Film & Video. The extensive collection covered all subjects within the primary and secondary curriculum and some materials, particularly in the areas of study skills and business, are applicable to further/higher education.
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