The seven ages

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Contributor:

Porter, Edwin S., director, director of photography.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

British Film Institute, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it.

Shakespeare, William.

Kissing.

Genre:

Fiction films

Silent films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (3 min., 2 sec.)) silent with intertitles, black and white

Production:

[United States] [Edison] 1905

Contained In:

Shakespeare in silent film

Language Note:

Silent film with English intertitles

Summary:

Six scenes of couples kissing at various ages are shown in the film, which loosely adapts the structure of Jaques' "All the World's a Stage" monologue from William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It. These scenes include Infancy, Playmates, Schoolmates, Lovers (in some versions, 'The Soldier'), The Judge, and Second Childhood. Another scene, 'What Age?', depicts a woman of unknown age caressing her cat in a dreamlike manner

Credits:

Director, Edwin S. Porter ; author of original work, William Shakespeare ; photography, Edwin S. Porter

Notes:

Original film format: 35mm

Vendor supplied data

OCLC:

1582416808