In Shakespeares later plays the style is more intimate, conversational and muted. Feelings are volatile and erratic, so the audience is less involved. This new style is associated with Shakespeares co-author in this play, and his successor as playwright to the Kings Men: John Fletcher. U.C.B. Shakespeare Program production. [More] [Less]

Many of Shakespeares plays center on formal arguments about the role of mercy in the administration of justice; The Merchant of Venice, Othello, even Lear. Here the novice nun Isabella pleads with Judge Angelo for suspension of the death sentence of her brother for fornication. Though intense the scene is structured as a formal theological debate, as often in Shakespeare. U.C.B. Shakespeare Program production. [More] [Less]

The jealous Mr. Ford suspects his wife is having an affair with Falstaff and, disguising himself as the motorist Mr. Brook, he tries to entrap them. The intensity of the scene anticipates Othello, and reminds us that Shakespeares tragicomedies can mix intensely serious and comic effects. From a production of the U.C.B. Shakespeare Program. [More] [Less]

Every performance must establish a world for its play. Here the opening scene of the U.C.B. production establishes a traditional world in which the formality of Edwardian society assimilates Elizabethan manners easily. Such modernization often makes the plays more intelligible.

Another dynamic Frenchwoman, Queen Margaret is Shakespeares longest and most complex female role, appearing in four plays: three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III. This episode is taken from the U.C.B. Shakespeare Program: Plantagenet Women. See still galleries.

The Countess of Auvergne is one of several enormously energetic and determined Frenchwomen who challenge the English invaders of France. Shakespeare was fascinated by such women. Taken from the U.C.B. Shakespeare Program: Plantagenet Women.

This documentary covers key relationships between the two theatre traditions of Spain and England, including varied materials from performances in New Mexico and California, of theatre excerpts from Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, Calderon, and Alarcon, mostly by theatre professionals. It has visuals from Spain (the Almagro Theatre, Velazquez paintings from the Prado), England (the restored Globe Theatre, National Portrait Gallery), and historical data from the South West, including accounts of community drama in New Mexico and California. [9/2005] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 11017] [More] [Less]

A U.C. Berkeley actor reflects on her experience in the staging of Much Ado at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in Southwark. This excerpt is taken from the DVD Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored distributed by TMW Media.

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

This scene is recreated to show how well a performance can take place in an authentic Renaissance Inn where plays were often performed when theatres were not available. This staging was at the George Inn in Southwark, near where the Globe Theatre was built. Borachio: Shawn Kairschner, Conrada: Jennifer Krom. This excerpt is taken from the DVD Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored distributed by TMW Media. [More] [Less]

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

This scene is recreated to show how well a performance can take place in an authentic Renaissance Inn where plays were often performed when theatres were not available. This staging was at the George Inn in Southwark, near where the Globe Theatre was built. Borachio: Shawn Kairschner, Conrada: Jennifer Krom. This excerpt is taken from the DVD Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored distributed by TMW Media. [More] [Less]

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

A U.C. Berkeley actor reflects on her experience in the staging of Much Ado at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in Southwark. This excerpt is taken from the DVD Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored distributed by TMW Media.

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

Shakespeare borrowed many effects from classical drama, particularly such characters as the boastful but cowardly soldier, reincarnated in Pistol and Falstaff. This extract is taken from the DVD Shakespeare and the Globe, distributed by Films for the Humanities.

This excerpt shows the climax of a performance of Much Ado by the Shakespeare Program of U.C. Berkeley on the reconstructed stage of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in Southwark on 15 July 1966. This Elizabethan-style production was transferred from U.C. Berkeley, where it was first performed in the open air on the steps of Wheeler Hall. For full details see Gallery 9.4 [More] [Less]

A U.C. Berkeley actor reflects on her experience in the staging of Much Ado at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in Southwark. This excerpt is taken from the DVD Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored distributed by TMW Media.

This scene is recreated to show how well a performance can take place in an authentic Renaissance Inn where plays were often performed when theatres were not available. This staging was at the George Inn in Southwark, near where the Globe Theatre was built. Borachio: Shawn Kairschner, Conrada: Jennifer Krom. This excerpt is taken from the DVD Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored distributed by TMW Media. [More] [Less]

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays

This documentary covers various aspects of Elizabethan culture: its dances, theatre, music. costumes, and the life of Elizabeth and her court. Much of this material is reflected in the scripts of Shakespeare’s plays