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A personal view of the play presented by George Melly. The series aims to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the plays by placing them in their social and historical context and by stressing...
W. Moelwyn Merchant, University of Exeter, and Brian Morris, St David’s University College Wales, discuss the play. They argue that Richard’s character and actions test the Elizabethan notions of the...
This workshop, based on Act II iii, shows how a group of experienced actors, with relatively little input from a director, set about developing a strategy to preserve the comic tone of the scene, while not...
Radio play about the flamboyant life of the young Benjamin Disraeli. References to Shakespeare and his plays are made during the family’s discussions about Benjamin’s fitness as a Member of Parliament....
Video lecture series in 13 parts. A free online Shakespeare course delivered by Marjorie Garber at Harvard University in 2007 focusing on Shakespeare’s later plays beginning with Measure for Measure and...
Professor Mack of Yale University divides the play into three sections: a ghost story, a detective story, and a revenge story. and discusses the major characters and movements, illustrated with scenes from...
Two new productions from the 1999 season at the New York City Opera. Each segment includes two arias or duets performed by singers from the productions, interspersed with discussions with the singers,...
Documentary about the Fiat car company and its operations in Turin. The film uses Hamlet as a mirror for scrutinising Turin’s working-class past viewed through Fiat’s failing fortunes. In its industrial...
Two new productions by New York City Opera. Each segment includes two arias performed by singers from the productions, interspersed with discussions with the singers, directors and set designers. The singers...
Using extracts from KAC’s thrust-stage and television productions of Hamlet, actors and academics discuss the concepts of ‘performance’ central to the play’s structure and its concern with...
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