Shakespeare Today
"THE liveliness of Shakespearian study and practice today has been well illustrated in the BBC series The Living Shakespeare (2YC). The final of these in which Bonamy Dobree spoke of the last plays and John Gielgud, with Dorothy Tutin and members of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, read short scenes, was the more interesting to me since Periclés, Cymbeline, The Tempest and The Winter's Tale are among those I know least. Producers John Allen and Robert Gittings have finely blended a mixture of comment and quotation throughout the whole series, and the choice of speakers has consistently reached a very high standard. To those who would listen, The Living Shakespeare has. offered .a_ stimulating reassessment of Shakespeare today; and though the approach has necessarily been scholarly it has never been in the least dry-as-dust. And the reading of the scenes, especially some passages by John Gielgud, has fired enthusiasm for the plays and for a personal look again at several of them. It seems a pity that these talks shoul not survive in a more permanent form as a contribution to Shakespearian study for students here and. elsewhere. Their particular style of presentation has much to commend it.
N.L.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1054, 6 November 1959, Page 16
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202Shakespeare Today New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1054, 6 November 1959, Page 16
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