The Shakespeare sessions / Denver Center Media ; The Denver Center for the Performing Arts presents a Storyville Films production ; a film by Oren Jacoby.



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Originally produced in 2002. Cinematographers, Slawomir Grünberg, Michael Chin, Tom Hurwitz ; editor, Nancy Baker ; music, Brian Keane. Presenters: John Barton, Sir Peter Hall; commentators and workshop participants: Kevin Kline, Dustin Hoffman, David Hyde Pierce, Cynthia Nixon, Liev Schreiber, Charles S. Dutton, Harriet Walter, Patrick Stewart.

Title
The Shakespeare sessions / Denver Center Media ; The Denver Center for the Performing Arts presents a Storyville Films production ; a film by Oren Jacoby.
Artist
Jacoby, Oren.
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Language
English
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
Royal Shakespeare Company directors John Barton and Sir Peter Hall travel to America to conduct workshops with the all-star cast of the Broadway production of The merchant of Venice. Subjects covered include: creating a world with words, the clues are in the text, playing the story, Shakespeare's advice to the actor, changing gears from prose to verse, the questions reveal the character, handling emotion, setting the word against the word, and connecting with the audience. Also includes the actors' talking about their experiences working with John Barton.
Year
2002
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