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Steven Berkoff’s version of Sophocles’ tragedy.
Along with ‘Oedipus’ and ‘Antigone’ this completes Sophocles’ Theban trilogy. Oedipus finally comes to terms with his life of triumph, tragedy and disgrace and finds relief in death. He overcomes...
An analysis and reconstruction of the staging of ‘Oresteia’ of Aeschylus. The conventions of tragedy in performance and the architecture of the Greek theatre are explained using the ancient theatre at...
Matthew Dunster directed this production of Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy, which was recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in August, 2011. Paul Hilton take the role of Doctor Faustus, whose...
Explores the tensions between ancient and modern dramatic performance conventions inherent in attempts to recreate Euripides’ Greek tragedy ‘Medea’. Examines various aspects of Greek drama - the space...
Six months after a cloud of lethal gas escaped from the Union Carbide factory in December 1984, poisoning the city of Bhopal in India, there are legal disputes over claims for compensation and culpability,...
A series of six 60-minute programmes featuring leading actors discussing and demonstrating different styles of acting. Individual programmes are acting in film - Michael Caine; acting in opera - Jonathan...
Peter Oyston takes a group of young acting students through an abridged version of Chekhov’s famous play to reveal the essence of Chekhov’s style. Chekhov intended the CHERRY ORCHARD to be a comedy not a...
A series of six minute films showing the human story of personal tragedy and illustrating how a lack of understanding fosters feelings of negativity and fear towards other races and religions. Ibrahim’s...
A cultural history of Punch and Judy and a documentary on Giovanni Piccini. Piccini’s ‘Tragical Comedy and Comical Tragedy’ of Punch and Judy was first recorded in 1827 by J Payne Collier and...
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