Staging Shakespeare

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Staging Shakespeare is series of video commentaries on performing and directing Shakespeare including extracts of two plays- 'The Tempest' and 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. An English teacher also explains how she uses IT resources to engage students.

  1. 2013-06-07 ·  Video

    Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears"

    A second Masterclass on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an audience.

  2. 2013-06-07 ·  Video

    Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin'

    A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society rehearse Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience.

  3. 2012-08-23 ·  Video

    The language of Shakespeare

    Actors and the director talk about how they have approached and worked with their student production of the Shakespeare play - Two Gentlemen of Verona. They discuss some of the challenges of the text and what they have done to overcome these.

  4. 2012-08-23 ·  Video

    Understanding Shakespeare

    The actor Nick Lyons talks about the challenge of the language barrier and how he dealt with it for his role in the student production of the Shakespeare play Two Gentlemen of Verona.

  5. 2012-08-23 ·  Video

    Two Gentlemen of Verona: The view from the Director

    The director talks about how she adapted the script and directed the student Shakespeare production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. She describes what makes the play great, and discusses issues related to editing and direction.

  6. 2012-08-23 ·  Video

    The Tempest: For you am I this patient log-man

    The director and actors talk about the log-scene in The Tempest and how they interpret and perform it. Includes scenes from rehearsals and performance.

  7. 2012-08-23 ·  Video

    The Tempest: Our revels now are ended

    The famous Shakespeare scene from The Tempest, performed by actors from an Oxford student drama society.

  8. 2012-08-23 ·  Video

    The Tempest - Our revels now are ended: Conveying Shakespeare's meaning

    The actor Dylan Townley talks about the language of Shakespeare. He describes how understanding and using the meter can help an actor or reader to bring out the poetry in a text. Includes a scene from The Tempest.

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Staging Shakespeare is series of video commentaries on performing and directing Shakespeare including extracts of two plays- 'The Tempest' and 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. An English teacher also explains how she uses IT resources to engage students.

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  • Skapad av
    Oxford University
  • Aktiva år
    2012 - 2013
  • Avsnitt
    13
  • Åldersgräns
    Barnvänligt
  • Copyright
    © Oxford University; the media items are released with a Creative Commons licence
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