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Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

1982TV Mini Series
Documentary
⭐ 9.5
IMDB Rating
235 votes

John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
John Barton, David Suchet, Alan Howard
Release Date
July 29, 1982
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
πŸ’¬ 8
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

John Barton
John Barton
as Self
David Suchet
David Suchet
as Self
Alan Howard
Alan Howard
as Self
Lisa Harrow
Lisa Harrow
as Self
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
as Self
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
as Self
Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington
as Self
Sheila Hancock
Sheila Hancock
as Self
Susan Fleetwood
Susan Fleetwood
as Self
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
London, England, UK
Production
London Weekend Television (LWT)

🏷️ Keywords

william shakespeare as subjectactingstagetv mini seriesreference to william shakespeare

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?
by Bernie4444 β€’ 2024-01-14
10/10

"The DVD box set of "Playing Shakespeare" was released on June 2, 2009. It includes 4 discs and has a total runtime of 456 minutes. It was always said that Shakespeare was always meant to be experienced live and not through reading. But what is life? This program shows the range of variation in presentation and you get to judge for yourself what is the intention of Shakespeare and is the variety of presentation and improvement or a betrayal? You may not come to the same conclusions as John Barton but at least you have something to think about and look for the next time you watch you..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.