The Shakespeare Sessions (DVD)

In these master classes John Barton, the co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, calls on his actors to listen to the language of the plays and to hear the messages that Shakespeare sends them through his use of antithesis and the switch from prose to verse.

Kevin Kline * Dustin Hoffman * Cynthia Nixon * Charles S. Dutton * Peter OToole * Ian McKellan * Judi Dench * and Harriet Walter have all studied under Barton, earning this acclaimed director the legendary soubriquet