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Second of a three-part radio programme in which performers discuss their interpretations of a particular work. John Caird, Max Stafford-Clark and Simon Russell Beale talk about their respective takes on...
The second track on a collection of variety sketches by Viennese cabaret artist, writer, actor, director Karl Farkas (1893-1971) focuses on the fate of great works of art, such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The...
The second of three programmes on Romeo and Juliet presented by Dr Frank C. Baxter. Baxter analyses the second and third acts of the play. Baxter asks students to read these acts and note at what point bad...
Radio broadcast. A five-part series in which Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores five Shakespeare plays that cross the racial divide, with contributions from actors and theatre directors. The second programme...
Televised adaptation of the play which aims, according to producer Don Taylor, at ‘simplicity and understanding’ (Radio Times, 12 April 1962, p.51). Starring Robert Shaw as Leontes and Rosalie Crutchley...
Presents scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, examples of his stagecraft and the landscapes in which many of his plots are set. Examines how his life, locale and times shaped literature.
Instructional film which considers how Shakespeare’s work is relevant to contemporary audiences quoting from several plays to indicate the phrases and expressions still used today. Includes footage of...
Radio programme. A 5-part series in which actors read from some of the works which were the literary sources for Shakespeare’s plays. Introduced by Dr Carol Rutter and abridged by Gordon House. In the...
Radio broadcast. In the second part of the programme, Tom Service presents a concert featuring Sibelius’s two orchestral suites for The Tempest performed in the context of performances of scenes from...
Fiction film. A young woman and her fiance attend a performance of Romeo and Juliet starring a matinee idol billed as ‘the modern Garrick’. The woman becomes infatuated with the actor and craves to play...
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