Language and character
- Date
1982
- Summary
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John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of language to define character, and his characters' use of heightened language to achieve their intentions. Explores the Elizabethan relish of words and the use of Elizabethan English in the development of Shakespeare's characters.
- Contributors
Barton, John 1928; Evans, Nick; Carlaw, John; Snell, Andrew; Bragg, Melvyn 1939
- Publishers
Films for the Humanities (Firm); Royal Shakespeare Company
- Subjects
Literature, Print Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Theater; Literature, Print Culture; English language Early modern, 1500-1700; Literature, Print Culture; Performing Arts
- Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
51 minutes; color
- Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Cast: Sinead Cusack, Lisa Harrow, Ben Kingsley, Michael Pennington, Roger Rees, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, Michael Williams. Cameramen, Lisle Middleditch, Mike Paterson ; graphic design, Tony Oldfield ; music, Guy Woolfenden.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089895; Fedora 2 PID: umd:1255; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/769; OCLC: ocm11965051; Catalog Key: alephsys001309191
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: collection staff, users in specific IP Ranges.