SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Amateur film. Record of a house party held by author J.M. Barrie at Stanway, Gloucestershire, the home of Lord Wemyss. Written and directed by Barrie, it features a semi-dramatised dream sequence in which Nicholas Llewellyn-Davies (Barrie’s adopted son) is rejected by all the female guests in turn. The intertitles refer to the Forest of Arden and (in verse and in imitation of the verses in As You Like It) make it apparent that he is seeking ‘his Rosalind’.

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1923

Duration

28 mins; 2,483 feet

Credits

Director

J.M. Barrie

Writer

J.M. Barrie

Cast

Nicholas Llewellyn-Davies

Himself

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

As You Like It

Keywords

amateur films; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Barrie also contributed to the script of AS YOU LIKE IT (1936).

Reviews

McKernan, Luke and Olwen Terris. Walking Shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive (London: BFI, 1994), p. 37.

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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