Working Shakespeare (2003)
Plot.
How do we enter the heightened, extravagant language of Shakespeare and yet feel truthful in our contemporary world? How do performers excite the audience with Shakespeare's rich imagery and dynamic rhythm, yet make it real for the twenty-first century? We assume that a sophisticated intellectual background is required to grapple with Shakespeare. But there is a much deeper, almost primal response as available to inner-city students as to their counterparts in the private school to the sound and rhythm in Shakespeare's language which arouses our emotions: feelings of anger and sorrow, of passion and laughter. This landmark five-part video series gives voice to Shakespeare's most beloved and widely known speeches and sonnets, performed by a powerhouse ensemble of American and British actors, as they delve into the structure, meaning and power of Shakespeare's language.
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Cast & Crew.

Kate Burton

Claire Danes

Blythe Danner

Lindsay Duncan

Victor Garber

Samuel L. Jackson

Helen Hunt

Robert Sean Leonard

Toby Stephens

Cherry Jones

George Anton

Jeremy Irons
Host

Cicely Berry
Presenter / Creator

Andrew Wade
Presenter

Glenn Young
Executive Producer

Tom Todoroff
Producer / Director

Stan Warnow
Editor

Christopher Goelet
Associate Producer

Cathy Tyson

Diane Venora

Emily Watson

Trellis Stepter

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Paul Jesson
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