Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. British literature

Title from disc label

"If you've ever been curious about everything that goes into a modern theatrical production of a Shakespeare play, here is your chance to peek behind the curtains in Experiencing Shakespeare: From Page to Stage. Professor Alissa Branch, award-winning actor, director, and creator of an advanced Shakespeare performance curriculum presents 12 riveting lessons that reveal how today's actors go about exploring, rehearsing, and performing Shakespeare's plays. She is accompanied by Brooke and Kam, two professional stage actors who will help you see the bard's work from the perspective of the players."--Publisher's website

"Course number 20070."

12 lectures, total approx. 312 min

Lectures by Alissa Branch

DVD

In English ; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

Closed captioning in English

Disc 1.

Reading versus watching Shakespeare -- Plays in the Elizabethan Age -- Secrets of Shakespeare's verse -- Discovering Shakespeare's characters -- Shakespearean rhetoric and wordplay -- What soliloquies reveal --

Disc 2.

How Shakespeare uses prose -- Shakespeare's creative imagery -- Rehearsing the role: Shakespeare's tragedies -- Rehearsing the role: Shakespeare's comedies -- Designing and directing Shakespeare's plays -- To the stage!