Learning on ScreenTroilus and Cressida: War, War, Glorious War
- Synopsis
- Educational series. One in a twelve-part series of films made by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (now TV Ontario). The aim was to relate ‘Shakespeare’s timeless ideas and understanding of human motivations to contemporary society’. The press information from NBC Educational Enterprises records that the film is handled ‘as a black comedy. Under its savage attack no value survives. Heroic war is exposed as lechery; integrity and honour degenerate into deception and treachery. The theme is supported throughout by ironic ballads’.
- Series
- Explorations in Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1969
- Duration
- 23 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy or distributor found (2006)
Credits
- Producer
- Ed Moser; Kurt Reis
- Screenplay
- Hugh Webster
- Music
- Zal Yanovsky
- Production Design
- Chris Adeney
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Troilus and Cressida
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Reviews
- Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography. London: Mansell, 1990 (entry 637).
Production Company
- Name
Ontario Educational Communications
- Address
- Canada
Record Stats
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