Using the verse /
Writer John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines and pauses in the middle...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities,
[1990]
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| Series: | Playing Shakespeare.
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| Summary: | Writer John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Also includes examples from the Miracle plays and other writings to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Lisle Middleditch and Mike Paterson ; editor, Graham Roberts ; music, Guy Woolfenden. |