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Romeo and Juliet (2006 Television)

Series

South Bank Show, The

Director

David Thomas

Producer

David Thomas

Television documentary, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, that examines the enduring appeal of Romeo and Juliet. A somewhat pedestrian account of the play’s appeal offering few fresh insights. The programme...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1958 Television)

Series

Sunday Night Theatre

Director

Rudolph Cartier

Producer

Rudolph Cartier

For its time a sumptuous television adaptation of the play complete with Mendelssohn’s music and ballet. Dancer and choreographer Gillian Lynne appears as Puck.

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Timon of Athens (1993 Video)

Director

Michael Langham

Videorecording of the play performed by the National Actors Theatre. Music adapted by Stanley Silverman and directed for stage by Michael Langham and for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker....

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Romeo et Juliette (1999 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Series

Reves d’Etoiles

Director

Francois Roussillon

Documentary focusing on the Paris Opera Ballet’s 1995 production of Romeo et Juliette, mise-en-scene and choreography by Rudolph Nureyev. The principal dancers Elisabeth Maurin and Manuel Legris and other...

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Sommernachtstraum, Ein (1925 Film)

aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Wood Love Heiteres Fastnachtsspeil, Ein

Director

Hans Neumann

Producer

Hans Neumann

Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...

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