Shakespeare - Or What You Will
- Alternative title
- Dark Horses: Shakespeare - Or What You Will
- Synopsis
- Television documentary on Shakespeare and homosexuality presented by Simon Callow. Includes extracts from Coriolanus (IV v ‘O Marcius, Marcius!') and Othello (III iii ‘I lay with Cassio lately’) spoken over images of male bodies, and a full reading of Sonnet 20 (`A woman’s face, with Nature’s own hand painted’). Juliet Stevenson comments on the role of Rosalind in As You Like It and Declan Donnellan discusses Cheek by Jowl’s all-male production of the play.
- Series
- Without Walls
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 13 Oct 1992 at 21:00 (Channel: Channel Four)
- Duration
- 26 mins
Credits
- Director
- Isabel McIver
- Contributor
- Alan Sinfield; Bruce R. Smith; Declan Donnellan; Juliet Stevenson; Simon Callow; Stanley Wells
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Cheek by Jowl
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- homosexuality; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-male casts
Notes
- History
- The first of three programmes, collectively named DARK HORSES, within the arts and culture series WITHOUT WALLS.
The series examined common myths about sexuality in artists.
Production Company
- Name
Wall to Wall Television
- Phone
- 020 7485 7424
- Fax
- 020 7267 5292
- Address
- 8-9 Spring Place
Kentish Town
London NW5 3ER
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare - Or What You Will". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36505 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)