Learning on ScreenBlow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting in the Renaissance Style, The
- Synopsis
- A practical guide to fighting with a rapier and a dagger. It also chronicles the advent of the civilian duel and looks at its different styles, including twelve costumed fights from a variety of periods. The period combat styles recreated include mounted trial by combat, trial by combat on foot, 16th-century rapier and dagger, single rapier, Renaissance sword and buckler, medieval sword and buckler, medieval battle scene, Elizabethan broadsword, sword and cloak, sword and target, 19th-century officer’s swords, 18th-century smallswords.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1992
- Duration
- 96 mins
- Availability
- Sale
Credits
- Director
- Mike Loades
- Producer
- Mike Loades
- Cast
Mike Loades
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- acting techniques; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); swordfighting
Notes
- Uses
- Actors working towards their stage fighting proficiency tests, historians, re-enactment enthusiasts.
Production Company
Distributor (Sale)
Record Stats
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