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Using the verse /

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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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Corporate Authors:	Royal Shakespeare Company, London Weekend Television (Firm), Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors:	Carlaw, John, Barton, John
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [2004]
Series:	Playing Shakespeare (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Versification. Royal Shakespeare Company. Blank verse. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism. Educational television programs.

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