Exploring a character /

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 Author: Royal Shakespeare Company
Other Authors: Barton, John, 1928-, Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-, Carlaw, John, Evans, Nick, Snell, Andrew, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1982]
Series:Playing Shakespeare.
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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:"FFH760."
Vendor website does not provide whether the original video format used for the online video was VHS or DVD. The VHS was copyrighted for 1984, and the DVD was copyrighted for 2002.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 streaming video (51 min.)
Format:System requirements: Windows Media or QuickTime software.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience:General.
Access:Available to County College of Morris students, faculty, and staff.