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Feature film. Rex Whittington (Heggie) is an ageing and alcoholic Shakespearean actor, depressed after being offered only a spear-carrier role in a movie. When he is arrested his loving niece, Ginger,...
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2001 touring production of King John. Directed by Gregory Doran with Guy Henry as King John.
Presentation of scenes from an unperformed Elizabethan play ascribed in part to Shakespeare. Adapted and introduced by John Bryson. With Lewis Casson in the title role.
Radio adaptation of the play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Cathleen Nesbitt. With Cathleen Nesbitt and Ernest Milton in the title roles. Edward German’s Romeo and Juliet is the music used in...
Special radio programme broadcast in honour of actress Ellen Terry’s 80th birthday. Introductory remarks are by James Agate. The programme is made up of performances of extracts from plays by Shakespeare...
Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy arranged and directed by Barbara Burnham. With Gladys Young as Countess Roussillon and Barbara Jefford as Helena. Music selected by Cynthia Pughe.
Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon, produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Fay Compton and David King-Wood in the title roles.
Radio version of the play produced by Peter Watts. With incidental music by Mendelssohn played by the BBC Midland Light Orchestra. Gilbert Vinter conducts.
Video recording of Robin Phillips’ 1993 recording of King John for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Nicholas Pennell in the title role.
Second in a 3-part series examining Shakespeare in performance. Devised and produced by John Powell, the programmes are compiled with recordings from the Sound Archives featuring voices and opinions of...
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