Preparing a Play. Part 1: The Stage

Synopsis: Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. Episode 1 introduces the theatre in Shakespeare’s day and the characters who will appear in later weeks. Act I iii is performed as it might have been acted in Shakespeare’s time with the actors playing to an audience all around them.
Series: Drama
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 23 Sep 1970 at 14:35 (Channel: ITV)
Duration: 25 mins
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