Acting Shakespeare with Ian McKellen
- Alternative title
- Shakespeare Workshop: Acting Shakespeare with Ian McKellen Ian McKellen - Acting Shakespeare
- Synopsis
- A videorecording of Ian McKellen’s one man show, ‘Acting Shakespeare’. In two parts: 1 (60 min): McKellen talks about his career as a Shakespearean actor and about Shakespeare’s life and writing, interspersing his account with performances of well known speeches from the plays. 2: McKellen analyses a speech from the closing scenes of Macbeth in order to decide how to perform it. Concludes with an anecdote about his experience of playing Henry V. Produced for television by Andrew and David Susskind. Staged by Sean Mathias and re-directed for television by Kirk Browning.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1982
- Recording date
- Dec 1981
- Transmission details
- 26 Apr 1982
- Duration
- 90 mins
Credits
- Director
- Kirk Browning
- Producer
- Andrew Susskind; David Susskind
- Cast
Ian McKellen
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Henry V; Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- acting techniques; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows
Notes
- Notes
- A sound recording of McKellen’s one-man show is held by the British Library Sound Archive. The script is available at http://www.mckellen.com/stage/awa/script/index.htm
DVD released in the US on 12/1/2010 (region 1 only) and includes a booklet with liner notes written by McKellen - History
- Broadcast on PBS 26 April 1982. The show opened at the Edinburgh Frine Festival in 1977 and has since toured nternationally.
- Documentation
- Accompanying teacher’s pack.
- Uses
- Secondary drama.
- Reviews
- Frank Rich, ‘McKellen and Shakespeare’. New York Times (20 January 1984).
Sponsor
- Name
IBM
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Institute Library
- silib@bham.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/shakespeare External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01789 293384
- Fax
- 01879 292021
- Address
- Church Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6HP
Distributor
- Name
E1 Entertainment US
- VideoSales@kochent.com
- Web
- http://www.kochvision.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 516 484 1000
- Address
- 22 Harbor Park Drive
Port Washington
NY 11050
USA - Notes
- Previously known as Koch Vision.
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
- Name
Facets Multi-media Inc.
- sales@facets.org
- Web
- http://www.facetsdvd.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 773 281 9045
- Fax
- +1 773 929 5437
- Address
- 1517 West Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
60614
USA - Notes
- A pioneering US distributor of over 65,000 international, animated, independent, art, classic, documentary, silent, and experimental films on DVD, some of them exclusive to the Facets label.
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Acting Shakespeare with Ian McKellen". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/265 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)