Using the verse

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Date
1982
Summary
John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. The actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan.
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; Blank verse; English language Early modern, 1500-1700 Versification
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
50 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Cast: Sinead Cusack, Shelia Hancock, Lisa Harrow, Alan Howard, Jane Lapotaire, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, Michael Williams. Cameramen, Lisle Middleditch, Mike Paterson ; graphic design, Tony Oldfield.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089890; Fedora 2 PID: umd:1245; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/764; OCLC: ocm11871610; Catalog Key: alephsys001303636

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