Shakespeare--A Mirror to Man

Series: Western Civilization: Majesty and Madness

Duration: 0:27:00

Genre: Educational

Creator: John Secondari Prod | Learning Corporation of America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Introduces Elizabethan drama and explores the timelessness of Shakespeare's work through dramatizations and analysis. Features Brian Cox and Eileen Atkins performing scenes from Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and Macbeth and explaining and analyzing between the scenes. Focuses on Shakespeare's development of character and introduction of the soliloquy to dramatic form., An introduction to the breadth and diversity of Shakespeare. A variety of scenes are acted out in costume, then explained and analyzed by the actors.

Complete Record: , An introduction ot Shakespeare and the Elizabethian Theater. Actors, in an authentic Tudor castle setting, play roles, change costumes, and make up, as performers did in Elizabethan days. Between scenes the actors interpret the essence of Shakespeare's genius., Introduces Elizabethan drama and explores the timelessness of Shakespeare's work through dramatizations and analysis. Features Brian Cox and Eileen Atkins performing scenes from Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and Macbeth and explaining and analyzing between the scenes. Focuses on Shakespeare's development of character and introduction of the soliloquy to dramatic form., An introduction to the breadth and diversity of Shakespeare. A variety of scenes are acted out in costume, then explained and analyzed by the actors.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.