His 1982 Channel 4 series, Playing Shakespeare made a great impression on me.
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His 1982 Channel 4 series, Playing Shakespeare made a great impression on me.
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Shaped a whole generation's ideas about how to direct / set / act Shakespeare.
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Following the sad news of Peter Hall's death some months ago it really gave my heart a pang to read about the demise
of John Barton and their substantial joint contribution to the development of the RSC from the late 50s.
I, too, regularly return to the indispensable DVD set, Playing Shakespeare, and the RSC master classes, a learning curve
continues on each viewing. Rejuvenating memories of The Wars of the Roses cycle which I first experienced in 1963, heralding
a new dawn in the production of Shakespeare. RIP, John Barton
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Quite so. He must have influenced my approach to Shakespeare more than any other. I was fortunate to have access to the RSC in my teenage years; I saw the original Wars of the Roses aged about 15 or 16, and made the long pilgrimage to Kingston-upon-Thames two years ago. I'm not sure I ever realised the first time that much of what I heard was JB, not WS. In between I saw many other productions including The War That Never Ends. In spite of the scholarship, he never let us forget that these were plays, not just texts, and that helped overcome the language difficulty for non-natives.Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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