The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2348  Monday, 15 October 2001

From:           Richard Burt <
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Date:           Saturday, 13 Oct 2001 16:51:03 -0400
Subject:        PBS Masterpiece Theatre M of V Teaching Guide

I ordered one (they're free) for M of V and the upcoming Othello.  The
Othello is an adaptation without the language set in contemporary
London.  In what might be called "The C-O-mish,"  John Othello is a
Police Commissioner, his wife Dessie Brabant is a journalist, etc.
From the stills, looks like it is a movie (much like the recent O)
rather than a televised recording of a studio / theater production (like
the Nunn M of V).  The recommended (very short) reading list is
unfortunate.  Douglas Brode's execrable Shakespeare in the Movies is on
the list; James Shapioro's excellent Shakespeare and the Jews is not.

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