TTC Shakespeare - Word And Action

Part I 



Lecture 1: Shakespeare's Wavelengths



Lecture 2: The Multiple Actions of a Midsummer Night's Dream



Lecture 3: The Form of Shakespeare's Sonnets



Lecture 4: Love in Shakespeare's Sonnets



Lecture 5: Love and Artifice in Love's Labor's Lost and Much Ado about Nothing 



Lecture 6: As You Like It



Lecture 7: The Battles of Henry VI



Lecture 8: Richard III and the Renaissance





Part II 



Lecture 9: History and Family in Henry IV



Lecture 10: Action in Hamlet



Lecture 11: Coriolanus—The Hero Alone



Lecture 12: Change in Antony and Cleopatra



Lecture 13: The Plot of Cymbeline



Lecture 14: Nature and Art in The Winter's Tale



Lecture 15: Three Kinds of Tempest



Lecture 16: History and Henry VIII





Book Description





Shakespeare: The Word and the Action 



Course Number 273—16 lectures (45 minutes/lecture)

Taught by: Professor Peter Saccio—Dartmouth College 



"I've taught and loved Shakespeare for over 30 years and was captivated 

and stunned by Peter Saccio's eloquence and knowledge of the material. 

Every high school English teacher needs to own this tape."

—Rayna Goldfarb, Bryn Mawr, PA



For almost 400 years, his work has been the standard against which all 

writers have been judged, his stature as the most important literary 

figure in history unlikely to ever be challenged.

Yet the great majority of us have until now been denied the myriad pleasures 

Shakespeare offers—betrayed by well-meaning teachers who so pried apart 

his every line and sentence that they often managed to hide the dramatic 

tension, excitement, and humor that made his work so remarkable! 

The result? We never had the chance we deserved to experience Shakespeare’s 

words as he meant them to be experienced! And we missed out on a literary 

encounter that should have been very, very special.

But now you can learn to enjoy and understand Shakespeare—through a 

brilliantly entertaining course on Shakespeare: The Word and the Action. 

Taught on audio- or videotape in 16 wonderful lectures by one of the 

nation’s most honored and popular Shakespeare teachers—Professor Peter 

Saccio of Dartmouth College.

The Teaching Company is offering Shakespeare: The Word and the Action 

to introduce you to the special pleasure of learning from a teacher 

of Professor Saccio’s unique gifts. The course is an excellent companion 

to William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, Professor 

Saccio's other lecture series specifically devoted to Shakespeare.

Teaching as both a lecturer and a trained actor and director, and assisted 

by two additional Shakespearean actors, Professor Saccio shows us the 

extraordinary ways in which Shakespeare used language, action, and structure 

to create the dramatic impact and deep insight that forever set him 

apart.