Promotional video for shakespeare behind bars, inc. Directed by hank rogerson united states, 2005, 93 minutes, color, dvd the following film notes were prepared for the new york state writers institute by kevin jack hagopian, senior lecturer in media studies at pennsylvania state university. Download pdf shakespeare saved my life book full free. Shakespeare behind bars 2006 in this documentary, a theater troupe consisting entirely of convicted felons performs the plays of william shakespeare for a captive audience. On the one hand, for criminology scholars, shakespeare can open up new avenues of theoretical consideration, for the criminal events depicted in his plays reflect complex philosophical debates about crime and justice, making interpretations of those events inherently theoretical.
Pdf doctor who the shakespeare notebooks download full. Film notes shakespeare behind bars university at albany. Shakespeare behind bars is proud to be a member of the shakespeare theatre association sta. Nprs farai chideya spoke with curt tofteland about shakespeare behind bars. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Shakespeare behind bars is an inmate program originally founded in 1995 out of the. Shakespeare was an englishborn playwright, poet and actor, a. Rent shakespeare behind bars 2005 on dvd and bluray. Shakespeare behind bars is written and directed by hank rogerson and produced by jilann spitzmiller. Shakespeare saved my life pdf download full download pdf. Shakespeare behind bars offers theatrical encounters with personal and social issues to incarcerated, postincarcerated, and atrisk communities, allowing them to develop life skills that will ensure their successful integration into society.
The shakespeare behind bars community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and. Shakespeare saved my life available for download and read online in other formats. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The incredible and true story of 20 inmates who are in an allmale prison shakespeare ensemble.
The result is an extraordinary story about the creative. Philomath films 90minute documentary follows the nine month process of bringing william shakespeares play, the tempest, to performance. This movie demonstrates the continuing relevance of shakespeare to contemporary life and can be a source of inspiration for students. The bard behind bars responses end users never have nevertheless still left their particular overview of the action, or otherwise not read it nevertheless.
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The film can be used as an interesting introduction to the tempest or as a followup after studying the play. It intends to encourage the development of life skills that will ensure their successful reintegration into society. Take shakespeare s final play the tempest, with its violent seas, windswept island, crucial connection to nature, and underlying theme of forgiveness, and bring it into a prison, the ultimate venue of confinement. The program is the oldest of its kind in north america. The mission of shakespeare behind bars is to offer theatrical encounters with personal an.
Incarcerated people and formerly incarcerated people. For more information visit sta was established to provide a forum for the artistic, managerial, educational leadership for theatres primarily involved with the production of the works of william shakespeare. Shakespeare behind bars by jean trounstine overdrive. Curt tofteland, founder of the shakespeare behind bars program was. Shakespeare behind bars is a film that follows an allmale shakespearean theater company composed of convicted felons. Shakespeare is a free app with the complete works of shakespeare 41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including doubtful works and a searchable.
Hank rogerson director of the movie shakespeare behind bars with cast na. Shakespeare behind bars has men, women and youth performing plays by the bard while incarcerated. Doctor who the shakespeare notebooks available for download and read online in other formats. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of shakespeare behind bars with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Shakespeare behind bars inc 501c3 nonprofit macatawa. May some of ebooks not available on your country and only available for those who subscribe and depend to the source of library websites. Philomath films 90minute documentary follows the nine month process of bringing william shakespeare s play, the tempest, to performance.
We watch them delve deeply into their backgrounds and psyches to shakespeare behind bars trailer on vimeo. Shakespeare behind bars brings the bards words to captive. Shakespeare behind bars is a tremendously moving film, where the protagonists are not merely defined by their crimes but are afforded dignity and a fresh chance to look truth in the eye, and embrace it. Shakespeare behind bars is an organization offering theatrical encounters with personal and. Shakespeare being worked on behind bars has everything to do with freedom. The free electronic shakespeare reader is a downloadable piece of software that you can install on any windows computer, and instantly have all of shakespeares 38 plays at your fingertips. The man behind the bars by winifred louise taylor free ebook. Now in its 25th year, shakespeare behind bars is the oldest program of its kind in north america.
Shakespeare behind bars is an organization offering theatrical encounters with personal and social issues to incarcerated and postincarcerated adults and juveniles. The independent and foreign film discussion group talkaboutfilms talks about the film. Each year, the shakespeare behind bars program at the luther luckett correctional complex mounts one of the bards plays. For one year, while incarcerated at kentuckys luther luckett prison, the cast rehearse and perform a full production of shakespeare s great last play, the tempest. In virtue than vengeance william shakespeare, the tempest its no happy accident that the tempest was chosen for production by shakespeare behind bars, an inmate theater. Shakespeare behind bars is a compelling film that follows an allmale shakespearean theater company composed of convicted felons. Albeit a tad repetitive, shakespeare behind bars succeeds in humanizing men we might too easily label as monsters, and provides a solid argument in favor of prisons that place rehabilitation above. Watch shakespeare behind bars 2005 full movie online. Rogerson and spitzmiller are a husband and wife team that has collaborated on projects. Now in its 21st year, shakespeare behind bars is the oldest program of its kind in north america. The globe decided to do its own version of shakespeare behind bars because one of its core values is to show that theater matters and can matter beyond its proscenium arch. A button that says download on the app store, and if clicked it.
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Each person has a reason to be free both internally and in the physical world. Public performances at luther luckett correctional complex in lagrange, ky. Jean trounstine author of why im still married goodreads. Mamie, a nurse in the free world, now the prison gardener who makes cards with poetry and dried flowers and battles her own illness behind bars shakespeare behind bars is a uniquely powerful work that gives voice to forgotten women, shed a compassionate light on a dark world, and proves the redemptive power of art and education.
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