Age range: Ages 14-16 (KS4) Secondary, Ages 16-18 (KS5) Sixth form, college, Teacher workshops,

Website Link: www.shakespeareonfilm.com

Shakespeare on Film  Illustrated Lectures and Seminars

- Bespoke content, tailored to teacher’s specifications.

- Ideal for GCSE, AS/A2 and International Baccalaureate Diploma.

- Delivered by a leading expert in this field.

Since 2000, Daniel Rosenthal has given hundreds of Shakespeare lectures and seminars at schools and colleges in England. Author of Shakespeare on Screen (Hamlyn, 2000), described by the TES as “a first-class teaching resource”, and 100 Shakespeare Films (BFI, 2007), he teaches undergraduate Shakespeare courses for the International Programmes department at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Daniel places adaptations in context and shows digitized film clips via computer. He compares different interpretations of key scenes from original-text Shakespeare films (e.g. Branagh, Olivier, Welles and Zeffirelli) and ‘genre adaptations’, such as O and Maqbool, which modernize plot, language and settings, turning Othello into a high-school basketball player or Macbeth into a Mumbai gangster. He says: “I always discuss content in advance, tailoring sessions to each teacher’s requirements. Clips are chosen to illuminate text in performance, on stage and screen, by exploring – and encouraging pupils to respond to – fundamental questions posed by the film extracts. How do the techniques of film directors, performers and designers differ from those used in Elizabethan/Jacobean and contemporary theatres? Why do soliloquies become screen voiceovers? Why do film-makers often show what Shakespeare only describes? What do ‘genre adaptations’ reveal about Shakespeare’s language, characterization and themes?”   What Teachers Say

Contact this advertiser

Email Address

What would you like to say?

Locations:

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiff, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, East Sussex, East Yorkshire, England, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Wales, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Back To Top