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Arts documentary. With five major productions taking place in 2016, the film looks at why King Lear resonates so deeply with contemporary audiences. Don Warrington, Antony Sher, Timothy West, Michael...
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...
Director Jonathan Kent is interviewed by Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. Kent directed the Almeida productions of Richard II and Coriolanus starring Ralph Fiennes, which played to sold-out houses at the...
Live audio recording of Peter Brook’s production of King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Paul Scofield in the title role.
A live recording of the 1959 production staged at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford upon Avon by Tony Richardson; with Paul Robeson as Othello and Sam Wanamaker as Iago. Recorded by Hal Rogers.
Feature film. Spoof horror picture in which a ham Shakespearean actor, Edward Lionheart, takes revenge on eight critics who have ridiculed his performances. He engineers a series of elaborate murders....
A feature film which grew out of Stuart Burge’s experience in directing a BBC television version of the play in 1959, as well as a subsequent London stage production. The pedestrian production was...
A version made for American television, but not transmitted, of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Charles Laughton as Bottom and Vanessa Redgrave as Helena.
A televised adaptation of Clifford Williams’ Royal Shakespeare Company stage production that was still running at the Aldwych Theatre when it was broadcast. Donald Sinden is the Duke of Ephesus, Ian...
Feature film version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Eliminating cinematic narrative and theatrical staging the film was harshly treated by the critics.
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