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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...
Low-budget independent feature film. A loose adaptation of Julius Caesar set in the underground criminal world and music scene of Kuala Lumpur. There are rivalries among the local punk and skinhead clans;...
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...
Documentary. Kevin Spacey, Sam Mendes and the Bridge Project Company go on the road with Richard III first staged in 2011 at the Old Vic, London. In over 200 performances, and across 3 continents, Kevin and...
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.
An adaptation into three parts of all three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III. The plays were performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the titles Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III. The plays were...
`A post-punk film relying heavily on Shakespeare’s text for romantic metaphor and its archetypal tragic love. The fate of Romeo and Juliet is sealed by three other characters - Death and the Punk Twins....