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Following THE ESSENTIAL SHAKESPEARE LIVE the two discs feature scenes taken from RSC productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, recorded by the British Library and the RSC over almost half a century. As...
Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society. Directed by George Rylands with Richard Johnson as Mark Antony and Irene Worth as Cleopatra. Ian McKellen plays Mardian.
Sound recording, before a live audience, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1964 production of Richard III directed by Peter Hall and John Barton. Ian Holm is Richard.
A complete performance with Dorothy Tutin as Portia and Hugh Griffith as Shylock.
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1995 production of Edward Bond’s speculative and post-Brechtian biographical drama. Directed by David Thacker with Paul...
Television arts programme. A tribute to Laurence Olivier, broadcast on the day of his funeral. A somewhat hastily assembled miscellany of clips and critical assessments. The deepest insight comes in part...
A history of performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, commissioned to celebrate the RSC’s 25th anniversary. Features reminiscences by famous actors who have played there: James Dale, who...
Documentary on King Lear shown ahead of Richard Eyre’s production with Ian Holm transmitted later the same evening. The themes of the play are debated by actors Warren Mitchell, James Earl Jones and...
The Renaissance Theatre Company production of the play with Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond in the title roles.
A live recording of the 1959 production staged at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford upon Avon by Tony Richardson; with Paul Robeson as Othello and Sam Wanamaker as Iago. Recorded by Hal Rogers.
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