Working Shakespeare

How do we enter the heightened, extravagant language of Shakespeare and yet feel truthful in our contemporary world? How do performers excite the audience with Shakespeare's rich imagery and dynamic rhythm, yet make it real for the twenty-first century? We assume that a sophisticated intellectual background is required to grapple with Shakespeare . But there is a much deeper, almost primal response as available to inner-city students as to their counterparts in the private school to the sound and rhythm in Shakespeare's language which arouses our emotions: feelings of anger and sorrow, of passion and laughter . This landmark five-part video series gives voice to Shakespeare's most beloved and widely known speeches and sonnets, performed by a powerhouse ensemble of American and British actors, as they delve into the structure, meaning and power of Shakespeare's language.

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Working Shakespeare är en dokumentärserie som hade premiär 2003. Serien är skapad av Cicely Berry. I rollerna ses bland andra Kate Burton, Claire Danes, Blythe Danner och Lindsay Duncan.

Hittills omfattar Working Shakespeare 1 säsong och 5 avsnitt. Originalspråket är engelska. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama Working Shakespeare i Sverige.