Shakespeare Primer

Synopsis: Educational film. Actor Hans Conreid discusses aspects of Shakespeare’s works standing before a series of sculptured figures depicting memorable scenes from eight plays. Behind-the-scenes voices speak various lines. He comments on the status of actors in Shakespeare’s time, persons for whom he wrote parts, and the relation of the plays to history and to other literature. Conreid reads passages involving several characters and, in costume and make-up, portrays several characters as they might be presented on the stage.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1965
Duration: 28 mins

Producer

John Avildsen

Cast

Hans Conried

Notes: The Library of Congress holds master material only; no viewing copy (2/2012).
Reviews: English Journal (Vol. 56, No. 4 (Apr., 1967), p. 640). Review by J.R.S.

SHAKESPEARE