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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1791 Tuesday, 25 October 2005
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Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Subject: BBC Develops Interactive TV Apps for Shakespeare Productions
http://blog.itvt.com/my_weblog/2005/10/bbc_develops_in.html
BBC Develops Interactive TV Apps for Shakespeare Productions
October 25, 2005
The BBC is planning to offer a red-button interactive TV application,
dubbed "Shakespeare's Stories," to accompany four "modern-dress"
productions of Shakespeare plays that will air on BBC One later this
fall. (Note: the productions-of the plays "Much Ado About Nothing,"
"Macbeth," "The Taming of the Shrew," and "A Midsummer Night's
Dream"-are part of a BBC initiative, dubbed "ShakespeaRe-Told," that is
designed to bring Shakespeare's work to new audiences via TV, radio and
the Web.) According to the Corporation, viewers who press the red button
after each production will receive an introduction to the app's
interactive experience from actor, David Oyelowo. The app will allow
them to view a scene from each of the plays in the original text, and
examine the story from four different angles: they will be able to
explore the original language in a glossary; view behind-the-scenes
interviews with each play's actors, directors and writers (the plays
have been extensively adapted to modern contexts); examine the original
context of the plays, and access information on Shakespeare's life (this
section of the app will include interviews with noted British director,
Sir Peter Hall, and with TV Shakespeare expert, Michael Wood); and
explore the themes and moods of the plays. The application, which was
developed by BBC Interactive Drama and Entertainment's ITV team, will be
available on all the UK's major digital television platforms, and will
also be available via broadband on the BBC's newly revamped TV Web site
(see article in this issue).
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