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Silent Shakespeare

Title: Silent Shakespeare [videorecording] / [video produced by] Milestone Film & Video.
Publication: New York, c1999.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (89 min.) : sd., col. & b&w SP; 1/2 in.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Film.
Drama.

Note

Consists of seven short silent films produced in the United States, England, and Italy, between 1899 and 1911, each presenting a condensed version of a different play by William Shakespeare.

Performer (note)

King John: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Senior, F. M. Paget, James Fisher.
The tempest: cast unknown.
A midsummer night's dream: Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman, Dolores Costello, Helene Costello, Maurice Costello, Julia Swayne Gordon, Gladys Hulette, William V. Ranous, Rose Tapley.
King Lear: Ermete Novelli and Francesca Bertini.
Twelfth night: Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gordon, Tefft Johnson.
The merchant of Venice: Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini, Olga Giannini Novelli.
Richard III: Elinor Aickin, Constance Benson, Frank R. Benson, James Berry, Alfred Brydone, Wilfred Caithness, Murray Carrington, R. I. Conrick, Violet Farebrother, Moffat Johnston, Hetty Kenyon, James Maclean, Eric Maxon, Victor McClure, H. O. Nicholson, L. Rupert, J. Victor, A. Wild, Alfred Wild, Kathleen Yorke, George Manship, Harry Caine, H. James, John Howell.

Contents

King John, Great Britain, 1899 (2 min.) -- The tempest, Great Britain, 1908 (12 min.) -- A midsummer night's dream, United States, 1909 (12 min.) -- King Lear, Italy, 1910 (16 min.) -- Twelfth night, United States, 1910 (13 min.) -- The merchant of Venice, Italy, 1910 (10 min.) -- Richard III, Great Britain, 1911 (24 min.)
King John / British Mutoscope and Biograph Company ; directed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, and Walter Pfeffer Dando.
The tempest / Clarendon Film Company ; directed by Percy Stow.
A midsummer night's dream / Vitagraph Company of America ; directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent.
King Lear / Film d'Arte Italiana ; directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio.
Twelfth night / Vitagraph Company of America ; directed by Charles Kent ; producer, J. Stuart Blackton.
The merchant of Venice / Film d'Arte Italiana ; directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio.
Richard III / Co-operative Cinematograph Company ; directed by Frank R. Benson.

Call Number

NCOX 1625

OCLC

NYPG01-F4

Title

Silent Shakespeare [videorecording] / [video produced by] Milestone Film & Video.

Imprint

New York, c1999.

Cast

King John: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Senior, F. M. Paget, James Fisher.

The tempest: cast unknown.

A midsummer night's dream: Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman, Dolores Costello, Helene Costello, Maurice Costello, Julia Swayne Gordon, Gladys Hulette, William V. Ranous, Rose Tapley.

King Lear: Ermete Novelli and Francesca Bertini.

Twelfth night: Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gordon, Tefft Johnson.

The merchant of Venice: Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini, Olga Giannini Novelli.

Richard III: Elinor Aickin, Constance Benson, Frank R. Benson, James Berry, Alfred Brydone, Wilfred Caithness, Murray Carrington, R. I. Conrick, Violet Farebrother, Moffat Johnston, Hetty Kenyon, James Maclean, Eric Maxon, Victor McClure, H. O. Nicholson, L. Rupert, J. Victor, A. Wild, Alfred Wild, Kathleen Yorke, George Manship, Harry Caine, H. James, John Howell.

Local Note

Purchased by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

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Added Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King John.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III.

Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, film director.

Dando, Walter Pfeffer, film director.

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917, actor.

Senior, Dora, actor.

Paget, F. M, actor.

Fisher, James, actor.

Stow, Percy, film director.

Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, film director.

Kent, Charles, film director.

Ackerman, Walter, actor.

Chapman, Charles, actor.

Costello, Dolores, 1905-1979, actor.

Costello, Helene, actor.

Costello, Maurice, 1887-1950, actor.

Gordon, Julia Swayne, 1879-1933, actor.

Hulette, Gladys, actor.

Ranous, W. V, actor.

Tapley, Rose, actor.

Lo Savio, Gerolamo, film director.

Novelli, Ermete, 1851-1919, actor.

Bertini, Francesca, 1892-1985, actor.

Turner, Florence, 1885-1946, actor.

Johnson, Tefft, actor.

Novelli, Olga Giannini, actor.

Benson, F. R, actor.

Aickin, Elinor, actor.

Benson, Mrs, actor.

Berry, James, 1883-1915, actor.

Brydone, Alfred, actor.

Caithness, Wilfred, actor.

Carrington, Murray, actor.

Conrick, R. I, actor.

Farebrother, Violet, actor.

Johnston, Moffat, 1886-1935, actor.

Kenyon, Hetty, actor.

Maclean, James, actor.

Maxon, Eric, actor.

McClure, Victor, actor.

Nicholson, H. O, actor.

Rupert, L, actor.

Víctor, J, actor.

Wild, A, actor.

Wild, Alfred, actor.

Yorke, Kathleen, actor.

Manship, George, actor.

Caine, Harry, actor.

James, H, actor.

Howell, John, actor.

Milestone Film & Video.

British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Clarendon Film Company.

Vitagraph Company of America.

Film d'arte Italiana.

Co-operative Cinematograph Company.

Research Call Number

NCOX 1625

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