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Designed to show how Shakespeare’s plays grew out of many elements available to him, elements that he fused together and developed in an unparalleled way. Shows the background of Elizabethan London. Includes extracts from Julius Caesar, Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet, performed by members of St George’s Elizabethan Theatre Company.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011323
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Acting - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Drama - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Literature → English literature
Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Music & Performing Arts → Acting - Study and teaching
Music & Performing Arts → Drama - Study and teaching
Music & Performing Arts → English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Music & Performing Arts → Theater
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)