SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Congress, The

Synopsis

Part 1: The Congress. A radio documentary introducing the 1st World Shakespeare Congress in Vancouver, August 1971 documented by Joan Coldwell.

(a) Prof. Roy Daniells, University of British
Columbia, welcomes the delegates with a blank verse
proof, by numerology, that Shakespeare wrote the Bible.
(b) Mrs. Donald Hyde, President, Shakespeare Society of America, recalls women’s role in the 18th century birth of bardolatry.
(c) Prof. Terence Spencer, Shakespeare Institute,
Stratford, England, discusses Shakespearean scholarship and welcomes the worldwide context of the discussion.
(d) Japanese delegates tell interviewer Phyllis Webb
about Japanese productions and audience response.
(e) Muriel Bradbrook describes the political interest of Koreans in the historical plays and how enthusiastically an Indonesian audience welcomed the comedy in Twelfth Night.

Part 2: Problems of Producing Shakespeare in Other Languages.

Barbara Carmeiro de Mendonca of the Escalo
de Teatro in Rio de Janiero talks about Shakespeare in
Brazil. Barbara Carmeiro de Mendonca talks with Phyllis Webb about:
- 19th century Brazilian Shakespearean performances
- translations including her mother’s Hamlet and
Richard III and her own The Comedy of Errors
- censorship and political uses of Shakespeare
- the loss of double meanings in words in translating
- the adaptability of Shakespeare because of the
richness of the meanings.

Series

Ideas

Language

English

Country

Canada

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

24 Oct 1972 at 19:00 (Channel: CBC-FM)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Producer

Bernie Lucht

Contributor

Barbara Carmeiro de Mendonca; Joan Coldwell; Mrs Donald Hyde; Muriel Bradbrook; Phyllis Webb; Roy Daniells; Terence Spencer

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Brazil; Japan; Korea; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); women; globalisation; Translation; Multiculturalism

Production Company

Name

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Archive

Name

CBC Broadcasting Centre Archives

Address

205 Wellington Street West
Toronto
Ontario
Canada MSV 3G7