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DS_FT_vi22.mov |
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Twenty-Second video interview clip with Theatre Designer Fran Thompson |
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Question: Do you think that attitudes towards Shakespeare have changed over the last forty years? Answer: Yes, and thank goodness they have. I think people have become much more irrelevant, irreverent [laughs] irrelevant [laughs], have become much more irreverent and I think that's really good. And I think that particularly comes from people like Peter Stein and people approaching it from a different language and editing in a way that I think is just fine. It's not a sacred text, I think when it's produced as a sacred text in a very purist way I think it can be very, very dull. I think Baz Lehrman as well, Romeo and Juliet, that's a very good example of somebody approaching a text and injecting it with a tremendous amount of life. |
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DS_18_06_02 INT-07 (mini DV tape) |
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Quicktime Progressive (video) |
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Resource Movie |
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This clip may be used for educational purposes only, any commercial use of this material requires permission from the copyright holders. Misuse or misrepresentation may result in legal action. Copyright holder: Christie Carson, COMPH, Royal Holloway University of London. |
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41.01 seconds |
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