Play on! [videorecording] : Shakespeare in silent film : music by the composers and musicians of Shakespeare's Globe.
2016
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Title
Play on! [videorecording] : Shakespeare in silent film : music by the composers and musicians of Shakespeare's Globe.
Variant title
Subtitle from title credits: A film in five acts, with film from the BFI National Archive, with music from Shakespeare's Globe.
Edition
Dual format edition.
Published
London : BFI, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Description
2 videodiscs (63 minutes) : sound, black and white, tinted and colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages)
Material base
metal plastic
Summary
From King John in 1899, film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays proved popular with early filmmakers and audiences. By the end of the silent era, around 300 films had been produced. This feature-length celebration draws together a delightful selection of thrilling, dramatic, iconic and humorous scenes from two dozen rare archive titles, many of which have been unseen for decades.
Note
Featuring film extracts from the BFI National Archive and music from Shakespeare's Globe.
Extra segments: An introduction to silent Shakespeare; Play on! Making the music; King Lear (1910); Winter's pale (1913); Living paintings (1924); Silent Shakespeare (2004).
Extra segments: An introduction to silent Shakespeare; Play on! Making the music; King Lear (1910); Winter's pale (1913); Living paintings (1924); Silent Shakespeare (2004).
Contents
King John (UK, 1899)
Amleto (Italy, 1908/10)
Julius Caesar (USA, 1908)
The Tempest (UK, 1908)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA, 1909)
Macbeth (Italy, 1909)
King Lear (USA, 1909)
Giulio Cesare (Italy, 1909)
Il Mercante di Venezia (Italy, 1910)
Twelfth Night (USA, 1910)
Shakespeare Land (UK, 1910)
Cléop̂atre (France, 1910)
Re Lear (Italy, 1910)
Richard III (UK, 1911)
Cardinal Wolsey (USA, 1912)
The Winter's Tale (Italy, 1913)
Hamlet (UK, 1913)
The Merchant of Venice (UK, 1916)
Hamlet (Germany, 1920)
Glastonbury Past and Present (UK, 1921)
Othello (Germany, 1922)
The Taming of the Shrew (UK, 1923)
Living Paintings (Romeo and Juliet) from Eve's Film Review (UK, 1924)
Stratford-on-Avon (UK, 1925)
England's Shakespeare (UK, 1939)
Shakespeare's Country (UK, 1940)
Amleto (Italy, 1908/10)
Julius Caesar (USA, 1908)
The Tempest (UK, 1908)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA, 1909)
Macbeth (Italy, 1909)
King Lear (USA, 1909)
Giulio Cesare (Italy, 1909)
Il Mercante di Venezia (Italy, 1910)
Twelfth Night (USA, 1910)
Shakespeare Land (UK, 1910)
Cléop̂atre (France, 1910)
Re Lear (Italy, 1910)
Richard III (UK, 1911)
Cardinal Wolsey (USA, 1912)
The Winter's Tale (Italy, 1913)
Hamlet (UK, 1913)
The Merchant of Venice (UK, 1916)
Hamlet (Germany, 1920)
Glastonbury Past and Present (UK, 1921)
Othello (Germany, 1922)
The Taming of the Shrew (UK, 1923)
Living Paintings (Romeo and Juliet) from Eve's Film Review (UK, 1924)
Stratford-on-Avon (UK, 1925)
England's Shakespeare (UK, 1939)
Shakespeare's Country (UK, 1940)
Credits
Bill Barclay, music editor; Stephen Warbeck, composer; Jules Maxwell, composer; Olly Fox, composer; Alex Baranowski, composer; Sophie Cotton, composer
Cast
Astor Nielsen, Paul Conradi, Mathilde Brandt, Frederick Warde, Lorraine Huling, Wayne Arey, John Gielgud
Digital file characteristics
video file DVD video all regions
video file Blu-ray all regions
video file Blu-ray all regions
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
DVD 350