The Shakespeare sessions

• Corporate Authors: Applause Theatre Books (Firm), Denver Center Media, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
• Other Authors: Jacoby, Oren, Barton, John 1928-, Hall, Peter 1930 November 22-, Kline, Kevin, Hoffman, Dustin 1937-, Nixon, Cynthia, Schreiber, Liev
• Format: Video
• Language: English
• Published: United States Working Arts Library Distribution in US/CAN, Applause/Hal Leonard 2002
• Subjects: Acting
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• Item Description: Originally produced in 2002
• Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in
• ISBN: 9781557835369; 1557835365

Royal Shakespeare Company directors John Barton and Sir Peter Hall travel to America to conduct workshops with the all-star cast of the Broadway production of The merchant of Venice. Subjects covered include: creating a world with words, the clues are in the text, playing the story, Shakespeare's advice to the actor, changing gears from prose to verse, the questions reveal the character, handling emotion, setting the word against the word, and connecting with the audience. Also includes the actors' talking about their experiences working with John Barton.