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News item. Peter Green reports from Aldridge where two young men are reading Shakespeare while sitting in a bath of cold baked beans to help raise money for charity.
Television documentary. Jonathan Miller reports on the history of the Roundhouse theatre. Includes a discussion between Kenneth Tynan and Trevor Nunn on the development of Shakespeare stage productions.
Arts documentary series. The programme reports on the British opening of the American pop musical based on Othello. With P.J. Proby and Jack Good.
Comedy sketch show and a one-off special. Sketches include: a hole in one from an invisible Irish golfer, a version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and a visit to the operations room of the Royal Army Medical...
Television series comprising songs, sketches, and film reports. This episode includes a one-minute sketch ‘Meet Desdemona’ in which Hylda Baker, Fanny Carby and Roy Hudd enact a spoof on Othello. Roy...
Allardyce Nicoll, Professor of English at Birmingham University and chairman of the third annual conference of Shakespearean scholars held at Stratford-upon-Avon, reports on the discussion of the so-called...
Current affairs series. This edition includes a short sequence in which presenter Fran Morrison reports from the Barbican, London, where actress Jenny Agutter is playing four different roles in a season with...
Short item in the BBC news slot about Prince Edward’s role as common servant in a production of The Taming of the Shrew at Haddo House near Aberdeen. Includes a clip which shows Prince Edward as...
Current affairs and news series. In this episode Ian Smith reports on plans about the new theatre that is to be built on the banks of the Thames, a project which is facing opposition from the local council....
Arts review series. The first item reports on a Zulu production of Macbeth staged as part of Peter Daubeny’s World Theatre Season at the Aldwych Theatre, London. The play is uMabatha by Welcome Msomi. (See...