Wales Premiere
God's Favour, Anne
ILLUSTRATED POEM
4 minutes
God's Favour, Anne
Mixed-media Poetry animation: 4 mins 12 secs
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Anne Hathaway in summer 2023, this poem was commissioned for publication by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The composite personality of the faithful and apprehensive Anne references a range of Shakespeare's female characters as well as Tudor Royalty . (The opening quote is Shylock’s from ‘The Merchant of Venice’.) This poem recalls young Anne Hathaway as it recalls lost wives - Shylock's Leah and his daughter Jessica - as a way of thinking about poems lost and lives left unrecorded: disappearing poetic moments in all our lives we have given away to others.Production techniques include animating flat puppets using an antique bottle as a lens and shadow play of hands and objects set into animated textures created under the camera with oil paints.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Anne Hathaway in summer 2023, this poem was commissioned for publication by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The composite personality of the faithful and apprehensive Anne references a range of Shakespeare's female characters as well as Tudor Royalty . (The opening quote is Shylock’s from ‘The Merchant of Venice’.) This poem recalls young Anne Hathaway as it recalls lost wives - Shylock's Leah and his daughter Jessica - as a way of thinking about poems lost and lives left unrecorded: disappearing poetic moments in all our lives we have given away to others.Production techniques include animating flat puppets using an antique bottle as a lens and shadow play of hands and objects set into animated textures created under the camera with oil paints.
