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Short. A translation of Hamlet set in a large multinational corporation in the present day.
Radio play. Peter Straughan’s "dark comedy of ambition, desire and self-deceit" (BBC Radio 3 Publicity), written in response to Julius Caesar, is set in a a run-down apartment block in contemporary...
Video recording of Sam Mendes production of Richard III for the Bridge Project with Kevin Spacey in the title role. Videotaped for TOFT by Ben Cohen.
US sitcom concerning a young Jewish woman, Fran Fines (Drescher), who is employed as a nanny by a rich divorced husband with three children. In this episode a valuable Shakespearian document is taken from...
Sitcom about a group of over-achieving honours students at Manhattan high school. In this episode their laid-back teacher (Hesseman) has to confront negative comments after inviting the class to review his...
Radio drama. Fantasy drama by Nick Warburton, recreating what might have happened on Shakespeare’s last day with a series of encounters filtered through his fevered imagination.
Sound recording. An abridged performance of Hamlet adapted and directed by Hilton Edwards. Micheál MacLiammóir is Hamlet. Narrated by Patrick McLarnon.
A largely fictionalised black comedy based on the activities of the eponymous grave robbers. In this version of events, one of the motivations for the criminal actions of William Burke (Simon Pegg) is his...
Video recording of the National Theatre, London’s 2005 production of Theatre of Blood directed by Phelim McDermott with Jim Broadbent as Edward Lionheart. A stage adaptation of the 1973 Douglas Hickox film...
Actors who have played Hamlet discuss why they perceive the role as a benchmark in their careers. The programme includes stills and film extracts from performances by Olivier, Richard Burton and Mel Gibson.