Ruth Leon recommends… A Man For All Time – Shakespeare Masterclass
Ruth Leon recommendsA Man For All Time – Shakespeare Masterclass
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This is a four-part series where the great Shakespeare director Trevor Nunn discusses Shakespeare’s plays, why they work, why they’ve lasted, and how to act in them. In this task he has some very high class help, he is aided and abetted by Judi Dench and Roger Allam, along with some very talented and brave drama graduates.
In this week of Shakespeare’s birthday, it is well to try to understand why and how these plays endure and give each generation of actors and audiences food for thought, delight in discovery, and joy in experience.
In this first part, Trevor Nunn shares a lifetime of insight and familiarity which has led to a deeply personal relationship with William Shakespeare’s canon of work. He directs selected scenes and shares his techniques from Shakespeare’s plays in this exclusive masterclass, performed by some of Britain’s greatest actors – Dame Judi Dench, Roger Allam, and recent graduate actors Rowan Robinson and Charlie Norton.
All four parts are worth seeing but you have to access them one at a time. The last part of this 4-part series concludes with Dame Judi Dench reciting Prospero’s farewell from The Tempest which I tell you without fear of contradiction, is worth the price of admission alone
Judi Dench with Brendan O’Hea have collaborated to write a book titled “Shakespeare The Man Who Paid The Rent.” I not that much of a Shakespeare fan, but this book, which discusses the plays Dame Judi acted in, is a fantastic read – full of lots of information and humour. It definitely ties in perfectly with the four part series.