Matt Toronto Assistant Professor The School of Theatre at Penn State Originally created as part of THEA 107 by the eLearning Institute in the College of Arts & Architecture at Penn State film and animation by Cody Goddard
Probably the most lucid introduction to understanding Shakespeare that I've ever come across. Mr Toronto doesn't need any distracting bells and whistles because he has knowledge and a talent for communicating it. Thank you Mr Toronto!
One of the few lessons that give insight into the core of Shakespeare’s work, his magnificent language, rather than the - easier accessible- historical background (his life, Elizabethan era etc).Thank you.
Thank you so much for these video post. They are simple, efficient and just what i was looking for as a first step guidance to Shakespeare. Hope to see many more and thank you again for sharing these videos. Gravy!!
I was so excited to see the clip and the video stopped. I just felt like an elevator operator -- when it gets to the best of what people are saying, they ended up leaving the elevator and you don´t know how it ends... At any rate, great job helping us to understand how Shakespeare communicated.
What's in name he says oh .. Whats in the liking too... MAYBE like me many have LOST IN YOUR SMOOTH EXPLANATION THAT RESPONDING TO SUN IS LIKE FIREFLY'S WAVING TO FATHER OF SON. I WANTED TO NOT JUST READ BUT WRITE LIKE SHAKESPEARE and in rythm understand #KALIDAS TOO THANK YOU LOVE YOU GOD BLESS YOU. HALLELUJAH SIR. Count me your Student from #India 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sir can you decipher #kalidas He wrote similar pattern but using #hindi kindof language i believe OR MAYBE ONE DAY I WISH MYSELF BE WRITING LIKE KALIDAS OR SHAKESPEARE ...... ITS NOT THE CONSONANT NOR VOWEL BUT ITS SOUND(LANG) OF EMOTIONS THAT ONE HAS TO MASTER IN SUCH WAY (like shakes or kali) THAT ONE MAY COMPLETELY GO BONG OR MAY COMPLETELY COMPREHEND IT AS HIMSELF. TO MASTER LANG MASTER EMOTIONS. time is changing emotions has changed 16th century was way too emotional Come 21st century emotions has to seeded again. And kill that emotioless word with quotes like shakes or kali For even if non emotioless fool won't understand it... ...but the word would haveth done it worketh LIKE UNREPELLING SPELL. AMEN.
These videos make attempting to read Shakespeare manageable. Thanks. Is it possible to show more clips from your productions? Do you teach your actors how to perform and recite Shakespeare or is it a prerequisite?
The Shakespeare classes I teach at Penn State are acting classes. Our primary focus is performance. I'll work on trying to post the whole R&J production. I have directed several other Shakespearean productions, but rights and permissions are always difficult when working with professional actors. - Matt
OK, I'm obviously misreading this, but "well have you heard" to me sounds like she's telling him he heard well, but not quite so well, as her name is Katherine, not Kate. Is that not correct? It's just that you read it as: "Well, have you heard." Like she's saying well.... before continuing her sentence. Does "well have you heard" not mean you've heard well? Sorry but I don't know the play so I'm just going off what's on the screen. I can't make sense of it by the way you read it. What would "well, (pause) have you heard" mean?
