Shakespeare’s Genealogies

Synopsis: Webcast. Shakespeare was fascinated with family dynamics, often using them to fuel his plots with familial jealousy, lust, murder, mistaken identity and long-lost siblings. Many of his works share characters that can be linked together by a common family history dating to pagan times. Vanessa James, Professor of Theater Arts at Mount Holyoke College, unravels these lineages in a lecture at the Library of Congress. James is the author of Shakespeare’s Genealogies: Plots and Illustrated Family Trees for All 42 Works published by Melcher Media,
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 7 Nov 2007
Transmission details: 7 Nov 2007
Duration: 53 mins