Friday, April 13, 2012

Viola/Cesario

Twelfth Night shows a female character who masquerades as a man:

Imogen Stubbs as Viola/Cesario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8DGoF0CQlU&feature=related



Helen Hunt as Viola in Twelfth Night - begin at 1:46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG8U_iUo4mY

Beatrice

Monologue illuminates her character - Emma Thompson in Much Ado, 1993

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl0lBHti99A&feature=fvsr

Dialogue illuminates further, with Benedick as foil - Thompson and Kenneth Branagh in Much Ado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_UK4axr_E

Shakespeare's People



Items for today's lecture:



Henry V 1989- Branagh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM


Henry V - 1944 - Olivier - note clanking of armour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9fa3HFR02E&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLE2005B7B5FAB8586


Renaissance Man - Gregory Hines, Lillo Brancato, Danny DeVito 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luqr-UX_oSM&feature=related



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Polonius

1990 - Iam Holm, Nathaniel Parker, Helena Bonham Carter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfV1DneGttI


2000 - Bill Murray, Liev Shreiber, Julia Stiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXS2esgBvxQ&feature=BFa&list=PL8647C39F55D6D68C&lf=results_main

Gilligan's Island - Alan Hale Jr, Dawn Wells, Bob Denver, Tina Louise, Jim Backus 1964-7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5jOTxdg&feature=BFa&list=PL8647C39F55D6D68C&lf=results_main


This Is Hamlet - Howard Swain, Nicholas Pelczar, Anna Bullard - Stanford University 2010d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjLmGklbFxo&feature=autoplay&list=PL8647C39F55D6D68C&lf=results_main&playnext=1



Richard III

Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith 1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGGjXZw1eQ&feature=related


Kevin Spacey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1eoBTTFqbo&feature=related



Craig Ferguson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTvvwXaUno&feature=related



Goodbye Girl - Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Benedict
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/474365/Goodbye-Girl-The-Movie-Clip-Don-t-Give-Me-Bette-Midler.html



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Shylock

Anthony Heald OSF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i75gRqoXezM

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ring Lardner, Jr. Oral History Interview

Here is the first of six segments of a lengthy interview with one of the Hollywood Ten.

You can go to youtube for the remaining segments.


The Way We Were

The Majestic - Peter's Speech