Rewriting Shakespeare

Synopsis
Interview by Fred Noriega and Marlo Bendau on CBS’ Daybreak programme with actor James Earl Jones, producer/director Joseph Papp and scholar A.L. Rowse regarding the modernisation of Shakespeare’s language in performance. Include brief footage of Jones as Othello.
Series
Daybreak
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
16 May 1984 (Channel: WCBS-TV Channel 2)
Duration
20 mins

Credits

Contributor
A.L. Rowse; Fred Noriega; James Earl Jones; Joseph Papp; Marlo Bendau

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
language; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan English

Notes

Notes
The Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) copy is from an off-air recording. The catalogue record notes ‘visual problems throughout’.

Production Company

Name

CBS Television

Archive

Name

Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)

Email
toft@nypl.org
Web
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Phone
+ 1 (212) 870-1642
Fax
(212) 8701868
Address
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Rewriting Shakespeare". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37648 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)