Immortal Gentleman, The
- Synopsis
- Feature film. William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a tavern in Southwark. Shakespeare points out people who remind him of scenes from his plays. A wistful woman reminds him of Juliet, a melancholy old man reminds him of Hamlet. The soldier son of the landlord encourages Shakespeare to recite ‘The Seven Ages of Man’. Jonson then leads the company in singing ‘Sigh no more, ladies’. The company’s drunkenness leads Shakespeare to recall scenes from Twelfth Night. Jonson’s cousin Jane comes across the sleeping poet and tells him that she believed him dead; he assures her that he will live forever.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1935
- Duration
- 61 mins; 5,457 feet
Credits
- Director
- Widgey R. Newman
- Producer
- Widgey R. Newman
- Screenplay
- John Quin
- Music
- John Reynders
- Art Direction
- Maxwell Coborne
- Contributor
- Terence de Marney
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- biographies; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Shakespearean adviser was Terence de Marney.
- Reviews
- "As dreadful a film as has ever been made, meanly produced, ill-lit, ill-staged, scarcely directed at all, with some howlingly bad excerpts from the plays...the nadir of filmed Shakespeare’ (McKernan & Terris, Walking Shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive’ (London: BFI, 1994), p. 190.
Kingsley-Smith, J.E. ‘Shakespearean Authorship in Popular British Cinema’ Literature/Film Quarterly 30 92002), pp158-65. Also discusses TIME FLIES (1944).
Production Company
- Name
Bernard Smith
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, "Immortal Gentleman, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36570 (Accessed 13 Dec 2024)