"Truths Would Be Tales, Where Now Half Tales Be Truths"

Alternative title
Anecdotal Shakespeare
Synopsis
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
The curses associated with the Scottish play or using a real skull for the Yorick scene in Hamlet, over the centuries, these and other theatrical anecdotes have attached themselves to Shakespeare’s plays. Many of these stories have been re-told with each new generation inserting the names of new actors into the story and telling the story as if it just occurred. So "One night David Garrick was backstage" becomes, "So one night Edmund Kean was backstage" which then becomes, "So one night Richard Burton was backstage." And so on. The guest is Paul Menzer, professor and the director of the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. His book Anecdotal Shakespeare: A New Performance History was published by Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare in 2015 He is interviewed by Neva Grant.
Series
Shakespeare Unlimited
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Audio
Recording date
20 Sep 2016
Duration
30 mins

Credits

Producer
Richard Paul
Contributor
Neva Grant; Paul Menzer

Additional Details

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

Notes

Notes
Podcast: http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-57 (accessed 9/2016).

Online Availability

Online URL
http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-57

Production Company

Name

R.L. Paul Productions

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, ""Truths Would Be Tales, Where Now Half Tales Be Truths"". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77357 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)