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Documentary recounting the life and times of Shakespeare. Embarrassing dramatised reconstructions of life in Elizabethan England are given some intellectual rigour in the interspersed observations by Dr...
Live sound recording of Clifford Williams’ 1967 all-male production of As You Like It with Ronald Pickup as Rosalind and Jeremy Brett as Orlando. Anthony Hopkins is Audrey.
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.
Radio drama. Comic fantasy by John Morrison in which some of the minor characters in Shakespeare’s plays have decided that they want bigger and better parts. A rebellion is led by Captain Macmorris.
Sound recording. The Tempest performed by the Dublin Gate Players. Directed by Hilton Edwards with Edwards as Prospero.
Radio production of the play adapted and directed by Jeremy Mortimer, starring Michael Sheen as Hamlet, Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude and Ellie Beavan as Ophelia. Timothy Spall...
Radio play written by Stephen Wakelam. It is 1607, business is going well but Shakespeare (Sher) urgently needs a collaborator for his latest work. His daughter (Longworth) is about to marry and his brother...
Radio documentary, presented by Mark Lawson, celebrating Laurence Olivier’s centenary. A fascinating account of Olivier’s career and acting legacy with revealing comment and anecdotes from those who...
Television version of the play directed by Richard Eyre. Jeremy Irons is Henry IV and Simon Russell Beale plays Falstaff.
A complete performance with Dorothy Tutin as Portia and Hugh Griffith as Shylock.
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