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British television comedy series. Includes a sketch entitled ‘Hospital for Over-Actors’ which parodies Olivier. Dialogue is as follows: Specialist: Most of these cases are pretty unpleasant. Nurse......
A special recording of the Old Vic Theatre Company’s production of the play, directed by Ralph Richardson and produced for radio by John Burrell. The first transmission of this broadcast, which is also...
A restored colour version of HAMLET directed by Sven Gade and Heinz Schall with Asta Nielsen as Hamlet and a new score composed by Michael Riessler.
Feature film adaptation of the play. An attempt to unite Shakespeare with the Italian neo-realist school of film-making, with attractive location photography, and naturalistic crowd scenes. The text is...
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 2006 Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Directed by Gregory Doran with Simon Callow as Falstaff and Judi...
Feature film. An English troupe of actors tour post-Raj India staging performances of Shakespeare to dwindling audiences as British dominance of, and interest in, British culture fades. The film is an ironic...
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1999 production of Timon of Athens. Directed by Gregory Doran with Michael Pennington as Timon.
Feature film of As You Like It set in 19th century Japan. Adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh with David Oyelowo as Orlando and Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind.
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2006 production of Antony and Cleopatra directed by Gregory Doran, with Patrick Stewart as Antony and Harriet Walter as...
Feature film. Comedy-fantasy partly narrated by the unborn baby of a young stagestruck girl who finds herself pregnant following the visit of a touring theatre to the ancient city by the sea which is her...