The Learning Zone | Film Education: Richard III – Shooting Shakespeare

Duration: 29'17''

Synopsis

This programme examines how director Richard Loncraine and star Ian McKellen have collaborated to produce a cinematic version of Shakespeare's Richard III which is accessible to the general cinema-going public.

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