Shakespeare: The Word and the Action
- Synopsis
- Sixteen lectures by Peter Saccio, Leon D. Black Professor of Shakespearean Studies at Dartmouth College, Princeton. The course titles are: ‘Shakespeare’s Wavelengths’;`The Multiple Actions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream’;`The Form of Shakespeare’s Sonnets’, ‘Love and Artifice in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing’; As You Like It;`The Battles of Henry VI’; ‘Richard III and the Renaissance’; ‘History and Family in Henry VI’; ‘Action in Hamlet’; ‘Coriolanus: the Hero Alone’; ‘Change in Antony and Cleopatra’; ‘The Plot of Cymbeline’; ‘Name and Art in The Winter’s Tale’; ‘Three Kinds of Tempest’; and ‘History and Henry VIII’.
- Series
- Great Courses, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1995
- Duration
- 45 each lecture
Credits
- Director
- D.P. Miller
- Contributor
- David Glass; Lisa Walker; Peter Saccio
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The DVD and videotape versions include photographs of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, brief readings by two actors, and on-screen text.
- Reviews
- Matthews, Linda. New York Times 31 March 1996, Education Times, pp 98-100.
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Teaching Company, The
- customerservice@thegreatcourses.com
- Web
- https://www.thegreatcourses.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 800 832 2412
- Fax
- +1 703 738 2819
- Address
- Suite 100
4151 Layfette Center Drive
Chantilly
VA 22151-1232
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare: The Word and the Action". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38058 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)