Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom

Starring: Claire Bloom, John Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, et al.

In this charming film, British actress Claire Bloom takes an insightful look at the art of Shakespearean acting with rich portrayals of many of Shakespeare's most memorable women including Portia,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 720229911719
• Release Date: August 2005
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: First Run Features
• Director: Phillip Schopper
• Starring: Claire Bloom, John Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Frederick Warde
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned; Color; NTSC
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

A most excellent presentation by Claire Bloom.

For people not familiar with Shakespeare or just having a cursory knowledge of Shakespeare, this is a perfect introduction to most of the plays. For those people who know most of the major Shakespeare plays. This is a perfect introduction to some of the less well-known Shakespeare plays. The focus of this presentation, as you can see from the title “Shakespeare's Women,” focuses mostly on the women’s roles, many of which were played by Claire Bloom herself. We are lucky to have Claire Bloom as the narrator and introducer, as who else would know better about the evolution of Shakespeare plays than Claire Bloom? Another great advantage of this presentation is just having Claire Bloom as the single narrator instead of a whole bunch of sound bites where we bounce off one so-called expert to the next so-called expert and back again and back again. Many of the film clips are from movies and recorded plays that I have seen, but there are quite a few that were new to me, and I am not sure where I can get them. This documentary alone is worth purchasing.