Shakespeare in the Global Village: Shakespeare in the Classroom

Alternative title
Shakespeare in the Classroom
Synopsis
Teaching Shakespeare is discussed by three delegates at the World Shakespeare Congress. Rev. W. Moelwyn Merchant tells interviewer Phyllis Webb that academics tend to verbalise even about performances. He recalls a Lear production where the settings and the music, e.g. lightning conveyed by ragged arpeggios on piccolo, created fidelity to Shakespeare.

Daniel Seltzer, Princeton University, claims that performed texts explicate some lines because the actors’ experience gives the emotional perspective needed.

Clip of videotape productions of Shakespeare,
commentary, excerpts from productions, and student
sounds on guitar and rock. Professor Gino Matteo, University of Toronto, tells how he made these videotapes for an experiment designed by the Ontario College of Education, after leaving CBC’s
newsroom, and meets indignant rejection of this way of presenting Shakespeare from interviewer Joan Coldwell, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Series
Ideas
Language
English
Country
Canada
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
26 Jan 1972 at 19:00 (Channel: CBC-FM)
Duration
60 mins

Credits

Contributor
Daniel Seltzer; Gino Matteo; Joan Coldwell; Phyllis Webb; W. Moelwyn Merchant

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
Drama; Education
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); teaching

Production Company

Name

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Archive

Name

CBC Broadcasting Centre Archives

Address
205 Wellington Street West
Toronto
Ontario
Canada MSV 3G7

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Shakespeare in the Global Village: Shakespeare in the Classroom". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70098 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)