SHAKESPEARE: TEXT AND PERFORMANCE (AA306)
莎士比亞：劇作與演繹
This series offers an insight into Shakespeare’s plays in close relation to the social and political circumstances under which they were written and performed. This broad approach is complemented by a strong emphasis on the diversity of twentieth-century responses, both in terms of criticism and screen and stage productions.

本系列探討莎士比亞如何在當時的社會及政治環境下創作戲劇及演繹方法。另外，探討二十世紀對其作品的回應與批評。原版英文發音。

1. THEATRE GAMES/SIR JOHN GIELGUD (AA306/VC1043/VCR1)
劇場遊戲／吉爾古德
Band 1: 'Theatre Games' - explores the idea of theatre games as proposed by Stanislavski and Barker with reference to Shakespeare. Features footage of Clive Barker and Fiona Shaw conducting workshops.

Band 2: 'Sir John Gielgud' - an extensive conversation between the late Sir John Gielgud and Sir Richard Attenborough, with the former sharing his memories of the multifarious Shakespearean characters he has played. Features footage from a number of the many Shakespearean films in which he starred.

144 mins.
English version

2. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/ RICHARD II/TWELFTH NIGHT (AA306/VC1044/VCR2)
仲夏夜之夢／李察二世／第十二夜
Band 1: 'Staging Dreams' - explores how magic can be represented meaningfully in the modern theatre. Features extracts from numerous productions of ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’

Band 2: 'Casting a King: Richard II' - focuses on the issue of casting and considers how our interpretation of lines, characters and a play in general are affected by the choice of actors. Features detailed comparisons of three interpretations of Richard II: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Fiona Shaw.

Band 3: 'Richard Briers as Malvolio' - looks closely at the ‘nuts-and-bolts’ of comic acting in a workshop by Richard Briers. Among more general comments, Briers discusses his interpretation of the role of Malvolio from ‘Twelfth Night’ for Kenneth Branagh, on both stage and screen.

Band 4: 'Orsino & Viola at the Young Vic Theatre' - features two short extracts from Tim Supple’s production, inviting comparison between this and Branagh’s production, discussed in Band 3.

93 mins.
English version

3. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (AA306/VC1045/VCR3)
安東尼與克利奧佩特拉
Band 1: 'Designing Rome and Egypt' - examines the contribution of sets and costumes to our interpretation of a play. Focuses on three separate designs for a theatre-in-the-round production of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’.

Band 2: 'Imperial Rome, Colonial Egypt' - a series of different staging of selected scenes from the play by Tara Arts, a polyglot Asian Theatre Company. The performance explores issues surrounding the play including colonialism, accent and setting.

57 mins.
English version

4. MACBETH/HAMLET (AA306/VC1046/VCR4)
馬克白／哈姆雷特
Band 1: 'Shakespeare on Screen: Macbeth' - includes an interview with Roman Polanski about his film production of Macbeth and excerpts from a performance of the play by a Native American company.

Band 2: 'Choices' - a filmed workshop by Tony Hill of the Royal Shakespeare Company looking at the range of choices affecting costumes, props, performance styles, lighting, music and sound effects.

Band 3: 'Soliloquies' - Tim Pigott-Smith works with three recent Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts graduates in a workshop on three of Hamlet’s soliloquies.

149 mins.
English version

5. MEASURE FOR MEASURE/THE TEMPEST (AA306/VC1047/VCR5)
量罪記／暴風雨
Band 1: 'Measure for Measure' - explores the interlocking themes of chastity, identity, sexuality, and religion in the play through specially filmed scenes, directed by Fiona Shaw.

Band 2: 'The Tempest' - examines themes of colonialism - both Elizabethan and current - with reference to ‘The Tempest’.

74 mins.
English version

6. King Lear: Text and Performance (AA306/VC1048/VCR6)
李爾王
‘King Lear: Text and Performance’ explores the way that meanings are created in theatre and recorded performance through performers, directors, space, audience, design, cultural background, types of performance and techniques of recording and editing. It features excerpts from various productions including an OU/BBC production starring Kenneth Cranham and Celia Imrie and a Japanese Noh theatre production, extracts from an acting masterclass by Fiona Shaw and an interview with Jane Smiley.

178 mins.
English version

7. Critical Interventions
批判
‘Critical Interventions’ features a number of interviews with leading Shakespeare critics filmed at the World Shakespeare Congress in Los Angeles (U.S.) in 1996. A range of critical approaches to Shakespeare are discussed including post-colonialism, feminism, new historicism and cultural materialism. Interviewees include Terence Hawkes, John Drakakis and Catherine Belsey.

56 mins.
English version