Learning on ScreenExcellent Dumb Discourse: Shakespeare in Silence, An
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. Isn’t silent Shakespeare an oxymoron? All that’s nuanced, beautiful, meaningful in the poetry - silenced. Yet between 1899 and 1927, when the first commercial sound film was released, nearly three hundred Shakespeare films were made. Judith Buchanan, director of Silents Now and Professor in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, celebrates this phenomenon - the muted, gesturing figures, the stop-motion magic.
She is joined by the actor Samuel West - along with Flora Spencer-Longhurst (actress, on her silenced Lavinia in Shakespeare’s Globe’s latest Titus Andronicus), Christopher Wheeldon (choreographer, associate of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden in London) and Paata Tsikurishvili (Director of Synetic Theatre in America). - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 17 Apr 2016 at 13:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Matt Thompson
- Contributor
- Christopher Wheeldon; Flora Spencer-Longhurst; Judith Buchanan; Paata Tsikurishvili; Samuel West
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); silent films
Production Company
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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