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Play on! Shakespeare in silent film : music by the composers and musicians of Shakespeare's Globe

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Date
2016
Location
England
Great Britain
Media format
Video
Extent
2 videodiscs (63 minutes)
Language
No linguistic content
Size
4 3/4 in. +
Genre
Derivative works
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 347345
Folger call number: DVD 350
Folger holdings ID: 498122
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
Notes
Edition

Dual format edition

General notes

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)

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)

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

Also known as
Extended title: Play on! Shakespeare in silent film : music by the composers and musicians of Shakespeare's Globe
Alternate titles: A film in five acts, with film from the BFI National Archive, with music from Shakespeare's Globe
Subjects
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 English drama Silent films
Related names
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
issuing body: Shakespeare Globe Trust
publisher: British Film Institute