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Trevor Nunn (later John Barton) holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples. full summaryNewsDesk:
Playing Shakespeare DVD With Dench, Kingsley, McKellen, Stewart Released 6/2(From BroadwayWorld.com. 13 May 2009, 5:25 PM, PDT)
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(Series Cast Summary - 9 of 22) | John Barton | ... | Himself (11 episodes, 1979-1984) |
| David Suchet | ... | Himself (9 episodes, 1979-1984) |
| Alan Howard | ... | Himself (8 episodes, 1979-1984) |
| Michael Pennington | ... | Himself (7 episodes, 1979-1984) |
 | Patrick Stewart | ... | Himself (7 episodes, 1979-1984) |
| Lisa Harrow | ... | Herself (6 episodes, 1984) |
| Jane Lapotaire | ... | Herself (5 episodes, 1979-1984) |
 | Ian McKellen | ... | Himself (5 episodes, 1979-1984) |
 | Ben Kingsley | ... | Himself (5 episodes, 1984) |
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My Reading and Acting Shakespeare teacher played snippets of this video to help convey that Shakespeare was more than the words on the page. The presentation, though old, is fun and extremely informative. I got a kick out of seeing Ian McKellen looking young and dapper with Patrick Steward looking like he just stepped off of the bridge of the Enterprise(to quote Mary Mcfly in Back to the Future "Didnt that man ever have hair?).
To the point, I learned more watching this video than I have so far in class. All students of Shakespeare should see it.