Dreaming Will

Synopsis: Television documentary series. Examines the transforming influence of the arts on some of the toughest men and women in Britain. In the the sixth and final episode in the series Bruce Wall, from the London Shakespeare Workout, brings a group of Shakespearean actors, including Gayle Hunnicutt, into the Young Offenders Drug Rehab Unit in Rochester Prison in Kent, England. Most of the inmates never finished school, and now have to cope with the metrical disciplines of the iambic pentameter.
Series: Artistic Convictions
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 17 Nov 2001 at 19:30 (Channel: Artsworld)
Duration: 30 mins

Director

Lucy Fyson

Contributor

Bruce Wall

Cast

Gayle Hunnicut

Theatre company: London Shakespeare Workout
Production type: Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: prisoners; prisons; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); young offenders; Untrained actors

General: Information about the project and its productions can be found on the London Shakespeare Workout website at
http://www.londonshakespeare.org.uk/Othello2/DW.htm

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