"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).
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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)