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Al Pacino's Shakespeare  
The American actor's longtime commitment to Shakespearean theater. Portraying Shylock through movement and speech in Michael Radford's film version of The Merchant of Venice. Pacino's staging of the history play Richard III. What Shakespeare means to Shakespeareans and to people on the street in the documentary Looking for Richard. How Pacino adopts an underdog persona to try to expand Shakespeare's audience in the United States.
Program 207
  Participants
Denise Albanese
Richard Burt
Sam Crowl

 

 
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