Learning on ScreenAbdication and Aggression
- Synopsis
- 6-part television discussion series in which academic Hugo Dyson talks about Shakespeare to four American graduates studying classical drama at the London Academy of Music and the Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). The final episode looks at abdication in Richard II, Hamlet, King Lear and The Tempest and at the connection between their apparent renunciation and a strange form of demand.
- Series
- Hugo Dyson on Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 4 Oct 1964 at 22:20 (Channel: BBC1)
- Duration
- 35 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy found (2007)
Credits
- Director
- Patrick Garland
- Production Design
- Malcolm Middleton
- Contributor
- Hugo Dyson
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet; King Lear; Richard II; Tempest, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- monarchy; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Billed in Radio Times as a MONITOR presentation. The students are Michael Moriaty, Edwin Owens, Margaret Cowles and Dana Ivey.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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