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Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how Shakespeare develops a character and the multiplicity of ways in which his characters can be understood. Given the same text from The merchant of Venice an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Royal Shakespeare Company, Arts International, London Weekend Television (Firm), Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Carlaw, John, Barton, John, 1928-, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1990]
Series:Playing Shakespeare.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Shylock.
Educational television programs.
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Summary:Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how Shakespeare develops a character and the multiplicity of ways in which his characters can be understood. Given the same text from The merchant of Venice and the same direction, the different readings of the part demonstrate the infinite variety of Shakespeare's work.
Item Description:Title from container.
"FFH760."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (51 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:Theater arts.
Production Credits:Camera, Lisle Middleditch and Mike Paterson ; editor, Graham Roberts ; music, Guy Woolfenden.