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In this workshop, director John Barton and members of the Royal Shakespeare Company discuss how modern expectations of naturalistic theater can be balanced with Shakespeare's heightened language, and how to read Shakespeare's texts, which were written two hundred years before "motivat...

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Corporate Author: Royal Shakespeare Company
Other Authors: Barton, John, 1928-, Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-, Carlaw, John, Evans, Nick, Snell, Andrew
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1982]
Series:Playing Shakespeare.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Language.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Study and teaching.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Versification.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
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Summary:In this workshop, director John Barton and members of the Royal Shakespeare Company discuss how modern expectations of naturalistic theater can be balanced with Shakespeare's heightened language, and how to read Shakespeare's texts, which were written two hundred years before "motivation" and "characterization" entered the critical vocabulary. Barton and the actors analyse the question of how to understand Shakespeare's texts, citing examples of his plays, and by contrast, the writings of other British authors of the period.
Item Description: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 (50 min.)
Audience:General.