I missed the beginning of this thread, but Naxos has a new streaming video service that's not too pricey and it includes a number of the Shakespeare productions at the Globe.
Ralph Tomlinson, MLS Adult Services Librarian Olathe Public Library 201 E. Park Street Olathe, KS 66061 (913) 971-6889 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 68, Issue 34 Send videolib mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/[email protected] or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of videolib digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Ambrosia (Susan Weber) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:29:18 -0700 From: Susan Weber <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Ambrosia To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Randal: I don't know if you've received any response to your request, but I was away on vacation until now, so I'll put in my 2 cents worth now. We are actively looking at the Shakespeare collection we have on VHS and DVD, and, in the opinion of 1 of our English instructors, there are better productions of Shakespeare, than the BBC, and Globe Theatre is one major producer of them. See, http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/shop/category/cds-dvds/148 This instructor has gone through our list, which was the complete BBC collection on VHS, plus other versions which have been done, and made specific recommendations. If there are individual plays you'd like recommendations on, let me know, and I'll check her suggestions. The Broadway Theatre Archive has also produced some of the plays, and these are available streamed, from Alexander St. Press. The latter also has the full BBC set, but it is not available to us in Canada, without paying quite a lot more than our current subscription in VAST. I believe Ambrose also has the streaming rights for BBC. So, you have some options. Cheers, Susan Susan Weber Media Librarian Library T 604.323.5533 F 604.323.5512 [email protected] <mailto:Susan Weber <[email protected]>> Langara. <http://www.langara.bc.ca> 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 Please consider the environment before printing. CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete this email from your system. On 19/06/2013 11:59 AM, Randal Baier wrote: > The author takes no responsibility for the offense that some may take > to his hubris, but he does apologize beforehand for his flippant ways. > > Well, hello good people. > > I suppose the BBC Shakespeare 1978-1985 could be considered ambrosia > for humanists, but I'm curious how this set is incorporated into your > overall accumulation of videos of Shakespeare plays. Is the BBC > /Hamlet/ "THE ONE" that most of your faculty members turn to in their > classes, or do you, as many of us do, have a veritable Rijsttafel of > video smackerels for their delight? We've got a bunch too -- Olivier, > Gielgud, Brannagh, Gibson, Hawke, et al. -- and I would certainly go > for a streaming copy of this play, offered by Ambrose now. > > But are these Shakepeares out of date in the contemporary classroom? > -- there, I said it! i.e. Or to reverse engineer Renee Zellweger in > /Jerry Maguire/, "Did they have you at BBC?" What are the approaches > that we take with this classic set in our hoppers now? > > I might add, with this possibly-mostly-VHS classic set in our hoppers. > Perhaps I am lazy, but I haven't updated /Coriolanus/ and /Richard II/ > into DVDs. On the other hand, given the way streaming works, I could > cherry pick particular productions on yearly licenses if I knew what > was being taught in the coming semesters. It sure was easier in VHS > days to have a box set of 37 videos and just have them there if anyone > wanted to take the plunge. As we all know, students go running out of > the classroom to watch Gielgud video cassettes on the weekends. > > Let a thousand /Cymbelines/ bloom!** > > Randal > > ============== > Randal Baier > > Eastern Michigan University > Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 > (734) 487-2520 > [email protected] > > tweets @rbaier ? skypes @ randalbaier > > "Don't laugh, this is a foreign movie!" > > > ** [Now, don't get me wrong about /Cymbeline/. Probably my first live > Shakespeare. In 19xx I saw this at American University -- it had a > trippy spinning spiral as a dream scene a la Rod Serling. Also once at > Stratford in post-modern WWI costuming with the occasional Roman > helmet > -- marvelous production. Well, the game is up, I visually remember the > techie stuff and find the memorable lines on Google now. Roll tape.] > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. 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