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Staging Shakespeare

Staging Shakespeare is series of video commentaries on performing and directing Shakespeare including extracts of two plays- 'The Tempest' and 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. An English teacher also explains how she uses IT resources to engage students.

  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears"
    A second Masterclass on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an audience.
    7 June 2013, 3:29 pm
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin'
    A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society rehearse Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience.
    7 June 2013, 3:26 pm
  • 5 minutes 52 seconds
    The language of Shakespeare
    Actors and the director talk about how they have approached and worked with their student production of the Shakespeare play - Two Gentlemen of Verona. They discuss some of the challenges of the text and what they have done to overcome these.
    23 August 2012, 5:11 pm
  • 5 minutes 52 seconds
    Understanding Shakespeare
    The actor Nick Lyons talks about the challenge of the language barrier and how he dealt with it for his role in the student production of the Shakespeare play Two Gentlemen of Verona.
    23 August 2012, 5:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 43 seconds
    Two Gentlemen of Verona: The view from the Director
    The director talks about how she adapted the script and directed the student Shakespeare production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. She describes what makes the play great, and discusses issues related to editing and direction.
    23 August 2012, 4:57 pm
  • 5 minutes 40 seconds
    The Tempest: For you am I this patient log-man
    The director and actors talk about the log-scene in The Tempest and how they interpret and perform it. Includes scenes from rehearsals and performance.
    23 August 2012, 4:52 pm
  • 1 minute 11 seconds
    The Tempest: Our revels now are ended
    The famous Shakespeare scene from The Tempest, performed by actors from an Oxford student drama society.
    23 August 2012, 4:49 pm
  • 3 minutes 27 seconds
    The Tempest - Our revels now are ended: Conveying Shakespeare's meaning
    The actor Dylan Townley talks about the language of Shakespeare. He describes how understanding and using the meter can help an actor or reader to bring out the poetry in a text. Includes a scene from The Tempest.
    23 August 2012, 4:46 pm
  • 4 minutes 21 seconds
    The Tempest: Prospero
    Actor Dylan Townley talks with director Archie Cornish about the character Prospero. They describe how they have chosen to portray him in this Oxford student performance of The Tempest, and discuss on what they base their interpretation.
    23 August 2012, 4:33 pm
  • 5 minutes 15 seconds
    The Tempest: Direction and interpretation
    Director Archie Cornish and actor Dylan Townley - Prospero - talk about adapting, directing and performing a student Shakespeare production of The Tempest.
    23 August 2012, 4:24 pm
  • 3 minutes 51 seconds
    Teaching Shakespeare in Schools
    A teacher talks about how she teaches Shakespeare in school, using video clips and references from contemporary culture to get the students to understand, relate to, and engage with the text.
    23 August 2012, 4:15 pm
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