Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting in the Renaissance Style, The

Synopsis
A practical guide to fighting with a rapier and a dagger. It also chronicles the advent of the civilian duel and looks at its different styles, including twelve costumed fights from a variety of periods. The period combat styles recreated include mounted trial by combat, trial by combat on foot, 16th-century rapier and dagger, single rapier, Renaissance sword and buckler, medieval sword and buckler, medieval battle scene, Elizabethan broadsword, sword and cloak, sword and target, 19th-century officer’s swords, 18th-century smallswords.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1992
Duration
96 mins
Availability
Sale

Credits

Director
Mike Loades
Producer
Mike Loades
Cast
Mike Loades 

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
acting techniques; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); swordfighting

Notes

Uses
Actors working towards their stage fighting proficiency tests, historians, re-enactment enthusiasts.

Production Company

Name

Running Wolf Productions

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Running Wolf Productions, 44 Bywater Place, Salter Road, London SE16 1ND, tel 020 7231 5181

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting in the Renaissance Style, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/2335 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)