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Sixth episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....
Classic BBC radio comedy show. Episode 9 in the third series includes a fifteen-minute parody of Julius Caesar. A breakneck smattering of silly voices and dreadful puns is held together by funny songs and...
A videotaped recording, using a single camera, of Henry IV for the Schauspielhaus, Zurich directed by Stefan Pucher. Peter Brombacher is Henry.
Live recording of Verdi’s Macbeth from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Renata Scotto and Sherill Milnes are the Macbeths. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Peter...
Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of King Henry VIII directed by Gregory Doran with Paul Jesson as Henry VIII and Jane Lapotaire as Queen Katherine.
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by John Richmond starring John Gielgud as Richard II and Ralph Richardson as John of Gaunt. With music composed and conducted by John Hotchkis. Richard Bebb...
Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Henry IV. Part 1 for the 1991 New York Shakespeare Festival with Larry Bryggman as King Henry and Thomas Gibson as Prince Hal. Original music by Philip...
A feature film adaptation, much cut, and aimed at a mainstream, young audience. Beautifully photographed and costumed, the film was a huge box office success and a forerunner of the ‘teen movie’.
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...
Fiction film. A version of Romeo and Juliet in 8 reels. Directed by John W. Noble (with likely assistance from Francis X. Bushman) with Bushman as Romeo and Beverly Bayne as Juliet.
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