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R.A. Foakes, University of Kent, and A.R. Humphreys, University of Leicester, argue that the themes of love and power, with their underlying tensions and instabilities, are central to the play, and that the...
Live sound recording of John Barton’s production of Richard II for the RSC with Ian Richardson as Richard and Richard Pasco as Bolingbroke.
Traditional adaptation directed by James Cellan Jones set in 1865 and filmed on location at Scotney Castle, Kent. With Ronnie Barker as Bottom.
Radio adaptation of a play written by Ronald Harwood which is based on the touring career of Donald Wolfit, for whom Harwood was the dresser. An actor-manager of the old school takes a Shakespearean company...
Live sound recording of the Prospect Theatre Company’s 1972 production of King Lear directed by Tony Robertson and Kenny McBain. Timothy West is Lear.
Live sound recording of Trevor Nunn’s 1976 production of King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Donald Sinden in the title role.
Feature film about a turn-of-the-century frontier gold mining town. According to the entry in Lanier (op cit) ‘in a performance described as Barrymore-esque, Reagan performs Othello for a dog, references...
Video recording of John Hirsch’s 1985 production of King Lear for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Douglas Campbell in the title role.
Television magazine series on the British countryside. To mark the 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, Countryfile travels the country in search of the landscapes that inspired Shakespeare in his...
The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. Trevor Peacock is Lear and...
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