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Mary-Ann Kennedy celebrates the global influence of Shakespeare’s work - with live performances including the visiting Nola Jazz band from New Orleans, and guest Andrew Dickson, author of "World Elsewhere:...
How did Shakespeare’s Othello develop into Verdi’s Otello and which of the two works is the greater? Opinions differ as do interpretations. Jonathan Miller, who has recently directed Shakespeare’s play...
In this BBC Children’s Hour programme presenter James Pestridge takes two Midland children on a tour of some of Shakespeare’s boyhood possible haunts in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the Shakespeare Memorial...
Radio version of the play produced by Val Gielgud. With Sebastian Shaw as Brutus, George Hayes as Cassius and Richard Williams as Caesar. The music is specially written by Christopher Whelen.
Comedy series starring Tommy Cooper. Includes a sketch in which Tommy Cooper plays Hamlet. He begins the ‘to be or not to be’ speech which he interrupts with comic banter.
Topical. Scenes from Henry V performed by the boys of King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Ball (op cit) believes this production to be the first amateur Shakespeare film. Screened at The...
Podcast. Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture delivered at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Elizabethan Theatre by Andrew Hadfield. Graymalkinis not only a witch’s familiar, argues Hadfield. She may also be...
Video recording of R. Jeffrey Cohen’s production of Measure for Measure. The production begins with a 22 min. sequence of the actor’ dancing.
Us television variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. This special broadcast covering the annual Festival of Two Worlds from Spoleto includes John Gielgud speaking a soliloquy from Richard II and Nora Kaye and...
Radio programme. In this 17-part weekly series, David Rush discusses various aspects of the play. Focussing on one section at a time, he analyses the themes, imagery and language in relation to other...
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