Playing Shakespeare Passion and Coolness (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary

Playing Shakespeare

Passion and Coolness (Season 1, Episode 7)

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary

Hamlet's advice to the players is the best-known acting instruction in theatrical history. John Barton and the RSC actors explore this essential mandate to be both natural and intellectual.

Director

John Carlaw

Writer

John Barton (written by)

Producer

Andrew Snell

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Updated Sep 9, 1982

Release date

Sep 9, 1982 (United Kingdom)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
John Barton Self Self See fewer	The Wars of the Roses (1965)
Tony Church Self Self See fewer	Krull (1983)
Susan Fleetwood Self Self See fewer	Clash of the Titans (1981)
Mike Gwilym Self Self See fewer	Priest of Love (1981)
Sheila Hancock Self Self See fewer	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Lisa Harrow Self Self See fewer	Sunday (1997)
Ben Kingsley Self Self See fewer	Sexy Beast (2000)
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Self Self See fewer	Frenzy (1972)
Michael Pennington Actor Actor See fewer	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Donald Sinden Self Self See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Patrick Stewart Self Self See fewer	Logan (2017)