Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999) (TV)

Director:

Phillip Schopper

Writer:

William Shakespeare (plays)
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Genre:

Documentary | Drama

Tagline:

Mothers, Lovers & Wives

Plot:

Claire Bloom has performed leading and important supporting roles in numerous plays by William Shakespeare...

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Shakespeare's Cymbeline | Reference To Shakespeare's Henry VIII | Reference To Shakespeare's As You Like It | Reference To Shakespeare's Hamlet | Reference To Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Cast

Claire Bloom	...	Herself / Juliet / Lady Anne / Portia / Rosalind / Gertrude / Imogen / Volumnia / Lady Constance / Katherine of Aragon / Emilia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Barrymore	...	Hamlet (archive footage)
Sarah Bernhardt	...	Hamlet (archive footage)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell	...	Herself (lectures on acting, 1929) (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier	...	Richard III (archive footage)
Roger Rees	...	Narrator (voice)
Frederick Warde	...	Richard III (archive footage)

Directed by
Phillip Schopper

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Fletcher		play "Henry VIII" (uncredited)
William Shakespeare		plays

Produced by
Nicole Amato	....	associate producer
Julian Schlossberg	....	producer
Seymour Wishman	....	producer

Original Music by
Sarah Larson
George Small

Cinematography by
Geoff Roesch

Film Editing by
Phillip Schopper

Production Design by
Josh Meaux		(as Joshe Meaux)

Production Management
Geoff Roesch	....	production manager

Art Department
Mark Meyer	....	graphic design assistant
Krisina Schopper	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Adam Wenz	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Cantaldi	....	camera assistant
Brandon Carter	....	camera operator: camera 2
Brian Ochrym	....	camera operator: camera 1
Adam Wenz	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Ben Forgash	....	assistant editor (as Benjamin Forgash)

Other crew
Ruth Betler	....	production coordinator
Ruth Better	....	production coordinator
Kristin Johnson	....	stage manager
Rachel Korowitz	....	production assistant
Eric McCarthy	....	production assistant
Jennifer Nelson	....	production assistant
Melanie Schopper	....	production assistant
Denver Smith	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Castle Hill Productions

Distributors

• First Run Features

Other Companies

• Archive Photos  still photographs
• BBC Worldwide Americas  shakespeare plays
• Bard Records  additional music courtesy of
• Carlton International Media  shakespeare plays
• Claire Bloom Collection, Dept. of Special Collections, Boston University  still photographs
• Janus Films  shakespeare plays
• Mirage Productions Inc.  equipment provided by
• New York Public Library  still photographs
• Photo Fest  still photographs
• The Folger Consort  additional music courtesy of

Also Known As:

"Claire Bloom and Shakespeare's Women" - USA (closing credits title)

Runtime:

54 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Company:

Castle Hill Productions

Movie Connections:

References Richard III (1995)

too short, too short, too short!!!

too short, too short, too short!!! As expected, this short documentary contains interviews and clips from other materials. The jewel is in the excerpts from her one-woman recital (especially done for this film??).