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Documentary. Melvyn Bragg interviews Judi Dench at the Rose Theatre, Kingston where she is appearing as Titania in Peter Hall’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There are no extracts from the...
Anthology television documentary arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Documentary on Hamlet and its many performances and interpretations. The focus is on three 1989 productions directed by Richard Eyre...
Anthology arts series. The programme examines how the ideas which Shakespeare’s play addresses (tyranny, ambition, power) have resonances in twentieth and twenty-first century politics and political...
Television documentary, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, that examines the enduring appeal of Romeo and Juliet. A somewhat pedestrian account of the play’s appeal offering few fresh insights. The programme...
Television arts documentary. Sir Peter Hall rehearses with Dustin Hoffman and other cast members of the Peter Hall Company for the London stage production of The Merchant of Venice. Filmed over one complete...
Television arts documentary. Absorbing account of Peter Hall’s final productions as director of the National Theatre, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest, using the same group of actors and...
Television anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Programme on the staging of King Lear around a rehearsal in the National Theatre of David Hare’s production with Anthony Hopkins in the title...
Video recording of Nicholas Hytner’s 2005 production for the National Theatre with David Bradley as King Henry and Michael Gambon as Falstaff.