Playing Shakespeare 5: Language and character. [Videorecording] Directed by John Barton.

Contributor(s): Barton, John, 1928- | London Weekend Television, ltd | Royal Shakespeare CompanyMaterial type: FilmFilmReference number:11298929Publication details: Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983. Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (51 min.) sd., col. 1/2 inSubject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters | English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700LOC classification: PR3072Summary: Presenter/director 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.
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A London Weekend Television production, one of a series of workshop programs.

Presenter/director 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.

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