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Thousands (perhaps even millions) of performances of William Shakespeare's plays have occurred since the end of the 16th century. While Shakespeare was alive, many of his greatest plays were performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men and King's Men acting companies at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres. Among the actors of these original performances were Richard Burbage (who played the title role in the first performances of Hamlet, Othello, Richard III and King Lear),Richard Cowley, and William Kempe.
Shakespeare's plays continued to be staged after his death until the Interregnum (1642–1660), when most public stage performances were banned by the Puritan rulers. After the English Restoration, Shakespeare's plays were performed in playhouses, with elaborate scenery, and staged with music, dancing, thunder, lightning, wave machines, and fireworks. During this time the texts were "reformed" and "improved" for the stage, an undertaking which has seemed shockingly disrespectful to posterity.
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William Shakespeare (/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/;26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, which has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, and religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Acting Shakespeare is a one-man show of Shakespearean monologues interspersed with theatrical anecdotes devised and performed by Ian McKellen. McKellen first performed the recital in Scandinavia in 1980 and later performed it throughout the world. It was broadcast by PBS in 1982. For the 1984 Broadway engagement, McKellen received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show and a Tony Award nomination. He received internationally rave reviews with some calling him "The new Olivier" and "The greatest classical actor of our generation". The most recent performance was in Jersey Opera House in 1990.
In 1993 McKellen developed another one-man show, 'A Knight Out' (using the play on word as a result of his being knighted in 1991) but this time focusing, as well as stage roles, his now ever increasing film roles. As with Acting Shakespeare he toured around England, Europe and America to great acclaim.
A predecessor of this show's format was Sir John Gielgud's Ages of Man (play) which consisted of Gielgud in front of an audience with a mixture of both speeches and anecdotes.
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (/koʊlˈbɛər/, né: /ˈkoʊlbərt/; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, media critic, and television host. He currently hosts the late-night television talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS.
Colbert had originally studied to be an actor, but became interested in improvisational theatre when he met Second City director Del Close while attending Northwestern University. He first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago; among his troupe mates were comedians Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, with whom he developed the sketch comedy series Exit 57. Colbert also wrote and performed on the short-lived Dana Carvey Show before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the cult television series Strangers with Candy. He gained considerable attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher Chuck Noblet. His work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's news-parody series The Daily Show first introduced him to a wide audience.
Actors: Fernando Szew (producer), John Shea (actor), Charlie Hofheimer (actor), Andrea Ajemian (producer), John Stimpson (director), Andrea Ajemian (producer), Mark Famiglietti (actor), Mark Donadio (producer), Louisa May Alcott (writer), Nick Apostolides (actor), Georgia Lyman (actress), Kaitlin Doubleday (actress), Irene Wachsler (miscellaneous crew), Robert Walsh (actor), Ed Grenga (composer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Rachel Grubb (actress), Landyn Banx (actor), Jason P. Schumacher (editor), Michael Cook (actor), Jason P. Schumacher (producer), Jason P. Schumacher (director), Jason P. Schumacher (producer), Jason P. Schumacher (writer), Matt Franta (actor), Brooke Lemke (actress), Heather Amos (actress), Lisa Pechmiller (actress), KariAnn Craig (actress), Wes Tank (writer), Wes Tank (actor),
Plot: The Telephone Game is an indie drama/ comedy about the chaos of trying to put a play together and about a relationship that develops amidst that chaos, between Marco the director, and Zelphia the lead actress.
Keywords: black-and-white, improv, improvisation, theaterActors: Matthew Schutt (writer), Matthew Schutt (actor), Matthew Schutt (director), Matthew Schutt (composer), Matthew Schutt (editor), Matthew Schutt (producer), Wilbur Scott (actor), Laurence Sutton (producer), Laurence Sutton (editor), Andrew Schark (actor), Laurence Sutton (actor), Daniel James Wrzesinski (producer), Wayne Overla Jr. (actor), Chris Cook (actor), Daniel James Wrzesinski (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Jerry London (producer), Jerry London (director), Bernard Gribble (editor), Polly Bergen (actress), Sela Ward (actress), Morgan Fairchild (actress), Michael Woods (actor), Salli Newman (producer), Michel Rubini (composer), Russ Fast (actor), Thomas Baum (writer), Richard Luke Rothschild (producer), Steven Clark Pachosa (actor), Don Alder (actor), Vana O'Brien (actress),
Plot: As a child, Sarah witnesses her wealthy mother's suicide. Later, as a young bride, she is haunted by her mother's voice and other strange manifestations. Is it her imagination, someone playing tricks on her, or her dead mother's spirit?
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, ghostActors: William Newell (actor), Mike Lally (actor), Horace McMahon (actor), Alberto Morin (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor), Dayton Lummis (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor), Michael Fox (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Bob Fosse (actor), Richard Deacon (actor), Jack Lemmon (actor), James Conaty (actor), Jeffrey Sayre (actor), Cosmo Sardo (actor),
Plot: Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
Keywords: actress, apartment, athlete, bandstand, based-on-play, based-on-short-stories, based-on-stage-play-based-on-short-stories, brazilian, character-name-in-title, conga-lineActors: Booth Colman (actor), Tom Fadden (actor), John Doucette (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Richard Burton (actor), Charles Bickford (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Richard H. Cutting (actor), Steve Darrell (actor), Richard Deacon (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), John Derek (actor), William Fawcett (actor),
Plot: A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President Lincoln by Edwin's brother, John Wilkes Booth. In the film, Edwin's days in the spotlight dwindle shortly after his brother is caught and killed for assassinating Lincoln.
Keywords: based-on-book, reference-to-mary-todd-lincoln, title-in-titleActors: Leonard Carey (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Kirby Grant (actor), Harry Barris (actor), Eric Blore (actor), Edward Brophy (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Jimmy Conlin (actor), Louis Da Pron (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Jimmie Dodd (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Mauritz Hugo (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Harry Tyler (actor), Jack Rice (actor), Lew Davis (actor), John Sheehan (actor), James Carlisle (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Lucien Littlefield (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Jerry Frank (actor), Howard C. Hickman (actor), Roger Imhof (actor), Ian Keith (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Larry Williams (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Erville Alderson (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Robert Blake (actor), Bobby Burns (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Charles K. French (actor), Tom Hanlon (actor), Brandon Hurst (actor), Joe Yule (actor), Fern Emmett (actress), Robert A. McGowan (writer), Cy Endfield (director), Jack 'Tiny' Lipson (actor), Red Skelton (actor), Walter Soderling (actor),
Plot: When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .
Keywords: children, our-gang, radio, reference-to-william-shakespeareActors: James Conaty (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Wally Albright (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Georgie Billings (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Tommy Bupp (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), William B. Davidson (actor),
Genres: Comedy,This so talented actor brings Shakespeare to life, to see his reaction to performing master works is inspiring, and how some writing truly is timeless.
Stephen Unwin, artistic director of the Rose Theatre Kingston in London, gives an acting workshop at Atlanta's New American Shakespeare Tavern on Nov. 14, 2012. The workshop was sponsored by Emory's World Shakespeare Project and the Halle Institute for Global Learning. During his 30 years of directing, Unwin has worked with a range of distinguished actors, including Alan Cumming, Tilda Swinton and Timothy West. He also has taught workshops at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, the Traverse Theatre and several schools in the U.K. and the United States. The World Shakespeare Project represents a new, interactive teaching and research model that links international faculty and students, creating educational dialogues on Shakespeare, performance, and cultur...
Rowan Atkinson (in tights) illustrates the characters of Shakespearean drama... Jeremy Irons couldn't make it. Whether mesmerising us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually) and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on stage alongside 'straight man' Angus Deayton, the show features a number of origina...
Don't be surprised to see 'Friends from College' star Keegan-Michael Key playing a key role alongside Oscar Isaac in the star-studded cast of 'Hamlet.' Subscribe To "The Late Show" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/ColbertYouTube For more content from "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", click HERE: http://bit.ly/1AKISnR Watch full episodes of "The Late Show" HERE: http://bit.ly/1Puei40 Like "The Late Show" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/1df139Y Follow "The Late Show" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1dMzZzG Follow "The Late Show" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1JlGgzw Follow "The Late Show" on Instagram HERE: http://bit.ly/29wfREj Follow "The Late Show" on Tumblr HERE: http://bit.ly/29DVvtR Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. Get the...
Expert tips on Acting Shakespeare from Acting Coach Mark Westbrook - created at http://goanimate.com/
Watch the full-length episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/2365400058/?Utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=pbsofficial&utm;_campaign=shau_covefullprogram (US Only) Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular plays, a great comedy of love and enchantment. For more, visit www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeareuncovered/ A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Hugh Bonneville airs on PBS, Friday, January 30, 2015 at 9 p.m.
Hit subscribe for more: https://goo.gl/AVC4jE Celebrating 400 years since William Shakespeare's death, Joe Tasker went on an Artventure to get some tips and tricks on how to improve his performance. Joe took on the role of Hamlet, played a very convincing Juliet and gave us a patriotic performance as Henry V. Here are the top Shakespearean acting tips from director Jeff James: TIP 1 - Physicalise the words TIP 2 - Let the words do the work TIP 3 - Practice working against the words Filmed at Arcola Theatre on the set of The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie by Anders Lustgarten, designed by Lily Arnold. A co-production between Arcola Theatre and HighTide. Theatre director: Jeff James Welcome to Canvas’ ARTVENTURES, our new series exploring exciting events, exhibitions and art...
Dr. Who star David Tennant is also a bonafide Shakespearean actor, so Stephen has a few questions for him. No, not the Hamlet question. "Subscribe To ""The Late Show"" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/ColbertYouTube For more content from ""The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"", click HERE: http://bit.ly/1AKISnR Watch full episodes of ""The Late Show"" HERE: http://bit.ly/1Puei40 Download the Colbert App HERE: http://apple.co/1Qqgwk4 Like ""The Late Show"" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/1df139Y Follow ""The Late Show"" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1dMzZzG Follow ""The Late Show"" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1JlGgzw Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. Get the CBS app for iPhone & iPad! Click HERE: http://bit.ly/12rLxge Get new ep...
Please watch: "Louis Tomlinson on Solo Music, Freddie and Life after One Direction " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=undefined -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- We got an amazing Shakespearean actor by the name of Geoff Breton to read out one of Tulisa's Twitter rants in the most dramatic, spitting-at-the-camera way possible. This is how we will our days. Don't forget to vote in heat's Twitter Awards! http://www.heatworld.com/heattweets --------------------------------------------------------------------- Celeb news, star style, interviews and more fun stuff visit: http://www.heatworld.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @heatworld Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatworld And don't forget to subscribe to our channel to be the first to see new videos. . Welcome to heatworld on youtube. heatworld c...
This is footage from John Barton's "Playing Shakespeare" video series, which is not otherwise available. In this clip, John Barton gives Patrick Stewart a crack at a speech from Act 3 Scene 1 of Titus Andronicus, with a view to having him balance the extreme emotion of the piece with the "overly articulate" language and metaphor in the text.
Another free lesson from New York acting-coach John Windsor-Cunningham, here showing how actors can actually 'enjoy' the verse of Shakespeare, using examples from poetry and modern songs to reveal the meanings of words which actors might otherwise have missed. More free advice available on his website www.Windsor-Cunningham.com
Christopher Plummer (born 1929) is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's "Stage Struck", and notable film performances include "The Night of the Generals", "The Return of the Pink Panther", "The Man Who Would Be King". In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film "The Sound of Music" alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries "The Thorn Birds". His most recent film roles include the "The Insider" as Mike Wallace, "Inside Man" with Denzel Washington, the Disney--Pixar 2009 film "Up" as Cha...
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Subscribe to Guardian Culture ► http://bit.ly/subgdnculture Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony’s lines from Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar. Antony has been granted permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral so long as he does not implicate the conspirators in his death, but he skilfully turns the crowd against them. The Guardian Film Show ► https://goo.gl/lxV8RV Guardian Culture website ► http://www.theguardian.com/culture Guardian Film website ► http://www.theguardian.com/film The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► http://is.gd/guardianyt Watch Me Date ► http://is.gd/watchmedate Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Music ► http://is.gd/guardianYT...
To finish Newsnight's celebration of 450 years of the Bard, we asked Dame Helen Mirren, Dame Harriet Walter, Tom Hollander, David Harwood and Simon Callow what Shakespeare means to them. Follow @BBCNewsnight on Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Like BBC Newsnight on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Valerie Pye is an actor, director and alumni of the University of Exeter. Valerie is a finalist in the Professional Achievement Award in the Education UK Alumni Awards 2015. Valerie has dedicated her career to training actors in teaching Shakespeare in their classroom in diverse and engaging ways. Her enthusiasm was ignited during her postgraduate studies, where she studied modules in the Royal Shakespeare Company and undertook research at Shakespeare’s Globe. Valerie has introduced Shakespeare in new ways to over 20 countries, and has trained hundreds of actors. From Spring 2016 she will bring US undergraduates to the UK for immersive learning experiences which contextualize Shakespeare’s work. Valerie credits her UK education as the catalyst for her enthusiasm for Shakespeare, which h...
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This so talented actor brings Shakespeare to life, to see his reaction to performing master works is inspiring, and how some writing truly is timeless.
Stephen Unwin, artistic director of the Rose Theatre Kingston in London, gives an acting workshop at Atlanta's New American Shakespeare Tavern on Nov. 14, 2012. The workshop was sponsored by Emory's World Shakespeare Project and the Halle Institute for Global Learning. During his 30 years of directing, Unwin has worked with a range of distinguished actors, including Alan Cumming, Tilda Swinton and Timothy West. He also has taught workshops at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, the Traverse Theatre and several schools in the U.K. and the United States. The World Shakespeare Project represents a new, interactive teaching and research model that links international faculty and students, creating educational dialogues on Shakespeare, performance, and cultur...
Rowan Atkinson (in tights) illustrates the characters of Shakespearean drama... Jeremy Irons couldn't make it. Whether mesmerising us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually) and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on stage alongside 'straight man' Angus Deayton, the show features a number of origina...
Don't be surprised to see 'Friends from College' star Keegan-Michael Key playing a key role alongside Oscar Isaac in the star-studded cast of 'Hamlet.' Subscribe To "The Late Show" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/ColbertYouTube For more content from "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", click HERE: http://bit.ly/1AKISnR Watch full episodes of "The Late Show" HERE: http://bit.ly/1Puei40 Like "The Late Show" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/1df139Y Follow "The Late Show" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1dMzZzG Follow "The Late Show" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1JlGgzw Follow "The Late Show" on Instagram HERE: http://bit.ly/29wfREj Follow "The Late Show" on Tumblr HERE: http://bit.ly/29DVvtR Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. Get the...
Expert tips on Acting Shakespeare from Acting Coach Mark Westbrook - created at http://goanimate.com/
Watch the full-length episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/2365400058/?Utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=pbsofficial&utm;_campaign=shau_covefullprogram (US Only) Bonneville started his career at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, understudying Ralph Fiennes as Lysander, one of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He and Fiennes meet up again to try to untangle the extraordinary plot of one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular plays, a great comedy of love and enchantment. For more, visit www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeareuncovered/ A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Hugh Bonneville airs on PBS, Friday, January 30, 2015 at 9 p.m.
Hit subscribe for more: https://goo.gl/AVC4jE Celebrating 400 years since William Shakespeare's death, Joe Tasker went on an Artventure to get some tips and tricks on how to improve his performance. Joe took on the role of Hamlet, played a very convincing Juliet and gave us a patriotic performance as Henry V. Here are the top Shakespearean acting tips from director Jeff James: TIP 1 - Physicalise the words TIP 2 - Let the words do the work TIP 3 - Practice working against the words Filmed at Arcola Theatre on the set of The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie by Anders Lustgarten, designed by Lily Arnold. A co-production between Arcola Theatre and HighTide. Theatre director: Jeff James Welcome to Canvas’ ARTVENTURES, our new series exploring exciting events, exhibitions and art...
Dr. Who star David Tennant is also a bonafide Shakespearean actor, so Stephen has a few questions for him. No, not the Hamlet question. "Subscribe To ""The Late Show"" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/ColbertYouTube For more content from ""The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"", click HERE: http://bit.ly/1AKISnR Watch full episodes of ""The Late Show"" HERE: http://bit.ly/1Puei40 Download the Colbert App HERE: http://apple.co/1Qqgwk4 Like ""The Late Show"" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/1df139Y Follow ""The Late Show"" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1dMzZzG Follow ""The Late Show"" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1JlGgzw Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. Get the CBS app for iPhone & iPad! Click HERE: http://bit.ly/12rLxge Get new ep...
Please watch: "Louis Tomlinson on Solo Music, Freddie and Life after One Direction " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=undefined -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- We got an amazing Shakespearean actor by the name of Geoff Breton to read out one of Tulisa's Twitter rants in the most dramatic, spitting-at-the-camera way possible. This is how we will our days. Don't forget to vote in heat's Twitter Awards! http://www.heatworld.com/heattweets --------------------------------------------------------------------- Celeb news, star style, interviews and more fun stuff visit: http://www.heatworld.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @heatworld Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatworld And don't forget to subscribe to our channel to be the first to see new videos. . Welcome to heatworld on youtube. heatworld c...
This is footage from John Barton's "Playing Shakespeare" video series, which is not otherwise available. In this clip, John Barton gives Patrick Stewart a crack at a speech from Act 3 Scene 1 of Titus Andronicus, with a view to having him balance the extreme emotion of the piece with the "overly articulate" language and metaphor in the text.
Another free lesson from New York acting-coach John Windsor-Cunningham, here showing how actors can actually 'enjoy' the verse of Shakespeare, using examples from poetry and modern songs to reveal the meanings of words which actors might otherwise have missed. More free advice available on his website www.Windsor-Cunningham.com
Christopher Plummer (born 1929) is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's "Stage Struck", and notable film performances include "The Night of the Generals", "The Return of the Pink Panther", "The Man Who Would Be King". In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film "The Sound of Music" alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries "The Thorn Birds". His most recent film roles include the "The Insider" as Mike Wallace, "Inside Man" with Denzel Washington, the Disney--Pixar 2009 film "Up" as Cha...
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Subscribe to Guardian Culture ► http://bit.ly/subgdnculture Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony’s lines from Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar. Antony has been granted permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral so long as he does not implicate the conspirators in his death, but he skilfully turns the crowd against them. The Guardian Film Show ► https://goo.gl/lxV8RV Guardian Culture website ► http://www.theguardian.com/culture Guardian Film website ► http://www.theguardian.com/film The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► http://is.gd/guardianyt Watch Me Date ► http://is.gd/watchmedate Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Music ► http://is.gd/guardianYT...
To finish Newsnight's celebration of 450 years of the Bard, we asked Dame Helen Mirren, Dame Harriet Walter, Tom Hollander, David Harwood and Simon Callow what Shakespeare means to them. Follow @BBCNewsnight on Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Like BBC Newsnight on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
Valerie Pye is an actor, director and alumni of the University of Exeter. Valerie is a finalist in the Professional Achievement Award in the Education UK Alumni Awards 2015. Valerie has dedicated her career to training actors in teaching Shakespeare in their classroom in diverse and engaging ways. Her enthusiasm was ignited during her postgraduate studies, where she studied modules in the Royal Shakespeare Company and undertook research at Shakespeare’s Globe. Valerie has introduced Shakespeare in new ways to over 20 countries, and has trained hundreds of actors. From Spring 2016 she will bring US undergraduates to the UK for immersive learning experiences which contextualize Shakespeare’s work. Valerie credits her UK education as the catalyst for her enthusiasm for Shakespeare, which h...
Follow @BBCNewsnight on Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Like BBC Newsnight on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
super sick
This so talented actor brings Shakespeare to life, to see his reaction to performing master works is inspiring, and how some writing truly is timeless.
Stephen Unwin, artistic director of the Rose Theatre Kingston in London, gives an acting workshop at Atlanta's New American Shakespeare Tavern on Nov. 14, 2012. The workshop was sponsored by Emory's World Shakespeare Project and the Halle Institute for Global Learning. During his 30 years of directing, Unwin has worked with a range of distinguished actors, including Alan Cumming, Tilda Swinton and Timothy West. He also has taught workshops at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, the Traverse Theatre and several schools in the U.K. and the United States. The World Shakespeare Project represents a new, interactive teaching and research model that links international faculty and students, creating educational dialogues on Shakespeare, performance, and cultur...
Christopher Plummer (born 1929) is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's "Stage Struck", and notable film performances include "The Night of the Generals", "The Return of the Pink Panther", "The Man Who Would Be King". In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film "The Sound of Music" alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries "The Thorn Birds". His most recent film roles include the "The Insider" as Mike Wallace, "Inside Man" with Denzel Washington, the Disney--Pixar 2009 film "Up" as Cha...
An inspirational educational video based on concepts from the Academy Award winning motion picture 'Shakespeare In Love,' starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Tom Wilkinson. For more from Shakespeare in Love: http://miram.ax/shakespeareinlove About Shakespeare in Love: Young Will Shakespeare is the up and coming playwright of the time, but has been disastrously struck by the bane of the writer's life - writer's block. His comedy "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter" isn't going anywhere and the playhouse is under threat of closure. What Will needs is a muse, and she appears in the form of the beautiful and bethrothed Lady Viola. The path of true love does not run smooth for Will, but the joys and tragedy of his own life find...
Join us for an insightful meditation on gender and performing the great Shakespearean parts. A panel of acclaimed actors, directors, and scholars will explore the following questions: Are all Shakespearean roles fluid and able to be played by anyone of any gender identification, or are there exceptions? How do social and cultural gender constructs affect a performance and production? What is the difference between cross-gendered and re-gendered roles, and how does an actor best approach preparing for them? How does the casting process vary for single-sex companies and non-traditional productions? Panel includes Candy Buckley, Maulik Pancholy, Ed Sylvanus Iskander and Jean E. Howard. Moderated by Melinda Hall. Following the panel will be a brief demonstration featuring actors Jenny Lee...
The Royal Shakespeare Company gives a workshop on Shakespeare's verse before an invited audience. It is led by RSC joint artistic director Trevor Nunn, with fellow directors John Barton and Terry Hands. The actors are Alan Howard, Jane Lapotaire, Ian McKellan, Michael Pennington, Patrick Stewart and David Suchet.' 'The Royal Shakespeare Company gives its second masterclass on performing Shakespeare before an invited audience. Director John Barton works on a scene from 'Troilus and Cressida' with Alan Howard, Michael Pennington, Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart and David Suchet. Ian McKellan describes the thoughts and ideas that run through an actor's mind as he prepares for a major soliloquy, and Patrick Stewart contrast two different performances of the speech by Enobarbus from 'Antony ...
Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale in conversation with Sonia Massai, about his career so far, the challenges of playing Shakespeare’s most famous characters, and his love of the text. Sunday 14 February 2016 Part of the King’s Shakespeare Festival: What You Will
What can those who teach and study Shakespeare learn from those who perform his plays and vice versa? Professor Jonathan Bate (University of Oxford) and Professor James Shapiro (Columbia University) discuss with Globe theatre director Nick Bagnall and actors, Simon Harrison and Beatriz Romilly at the Globe Theatre, London. Part of British Academy's Literature Week 2013.
"The theatre is an operation with the scalpel, i think movie acting is an operation with the laser." Michael Caine teaches in this documentary the art of movie acting to five young actors, who perform scenes from "Alfie", "Deathtrap" and "Educating Rita". He talks about how to perform in close-ups and extreme close-ups. He warns about the continuity dangers of smoking cigarettes or fiddling with props. He talks about screen tests, special effects, men who are cavalier about your safety and speaking to someone who is off camera. The movie camera is your best friend and most attentive lover, he says, even though you invariably ignore her (BBC 1987).
Greatest Shakespeare Monologues, Volume 1 by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) William Shakespeare is to be considered the greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in a variety of genres -- tragedy, comedy, romance, history -- and each play features one or more memorable monologues. Some of these teach a lesson, some are funny, some sad, some moving, some simply characterize Shakespeare the poet at his best. READ ALONG: Click the Caption/Transcript button (CC). DOWNLOAD the monologues for free here: http://ia700204.us.archive.org/20/items/shakespeare_monologues_vol_1_librivox/monologues_001_compiled_text.pdf SUBSCRIBE to Greatest Audio Books: http://www.youtube.com/GreatestAudioBooks Here is the listing of famous monologues in Vol. #1 & their lengths: - Merchant of Venice -- Quali...
Peter James O'Toole (2nd August 1932 - 14th December 2013) was an Irish stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his film debut in 1959.
Akala demonstrates and explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, and the wider cultural debate around language and it's power. MOBO award-winning hip hop artist 'Akala' is a label owner and social entrepreneur who fuses rap/rock/electro-punk with fierce lyrical storytelling (think Wu-Tang Clan and Aphex Twin meets Rage Against The Machine). With Akala's latest record, convention-defying album DoubleThink, Akala has proven himself as one of the most dynamic and literate talents in the UK. Inspired by the likes of Saul Williams and Gil Scott Heron, Akala has also developed a reputation for stellar live performances with his drummer Cassell 'TheBeatmaker' headlining 5 UK tours and touring with everyone from Jay-Z, Nas & Damian Marley, M.I.A. and Christina Aguilera to Siouxs...
Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance charmed a packed audience at Brunel University London on 27 April 2017 sharing stories from across his glittering career. The evening was part of Brunel's series of public engagement events – free for members of the public to attend. Details of how to register for our next event are available on our upcoming events page: bit.ly/brunel_events
John Barton and Peter Hall work with: Kevin Kline, Dustin Hoffman, David Hyde Pierce (best known for playing the psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the hit NBC sitcom 'Frasier'), Cynthia Nixon, Liev Schreiber, and Charles S. Dutton. Other actors appearing in the video include Patrick Stewart, Lynn Collins, Peter Francis James, and Janet Suzman.
Actor and author Ben Crystal explores the accent, the theatrical conventions, and the world of Shakespeare, to reveal a bright and beautiful English. The guardian of English poetry, the inventor of over 1,000 words still in use today, and one of the greatest players with our language, Shakespeare has given us a treasure trove of English to read - funny how so much of it doesn't make sense until it's spoken out-loud.
Edward Albee, award-winning playwright stepped on stage to give a series of improvisational performances for the benefit of LongHouse Reserve on July 10, 1999. A long-time resident, Albee does most of his writing in Montauk, NY, where he remains an avid supporter of LongHouse Reserve. Mr. Albee uses a proven technique to define the character by incorporating audience suggestions as a point of departure for his dramatic sketch. In these performances Mr. Albee plays a beautiful petite androgynous woman, an aging Shakespearean actor whose lover has just died. Albee's first play, "The Zoo Story" premiered in 1959 in Berlin, and he has been active in the theatre ever since. His first full-length play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" has been performed over 600 times. The master playwr...