Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom

Summary Claire Bloom has performed leading and important supporting roles in numerous plays by William Shakespeare, starting while she was still in her teens. In this documentary, she discusses her experiences and performs monologues and soliloquies from 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'The Merchant of Venice,' 'As You Like It,' 'Richard III,' 'Hamlet,' and 'King Henry the Eighth,' among others. Film and television footage from her earlier performances is also featured, as is a brief clip of Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet in a 1900 silent film version of that play. View more details

Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom

Directed : Phillip Schopper

Written : William Shakespeare John Fletcher

Stars : Claire Bloom John Barrymore Sarah Bernhardt Mrs. Patrick Campbell

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Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Mar 7, 1957

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Castle Hill Productions

Summary Claire Bloom has performed leading and important supporting roles in numerous plays by William Shakespeare, starting while she was still in her teens. In this documentary, she discusses her experiences and performs monologues and soliloquies from 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'The Merchant of Venice,' 'As You Like It,' 'Richard III,' 'Hamlet,' and 'King Henry the Eighth,' among others. Film and television footage from her earlier performances is also featured, as is a brief clip of Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet in a 1900 silent film version of that play. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Mar 7, 1957

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Castle Hill Productions

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