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Television Russian language learning series. This lesson includes footage from Innokenti Smoktunovsky in Kozintsev’s GAMLET (1964) and teaches the student how to say ‘to be or not to be’ in Russian.
Radio variety show broadcast only in California, not nationally. This episode includes Welles reading from the last act of Macbeth. The guest star was Carol Landis but she did not participate in any...
Audio book. Hamlet with John Gielgud in the title role, Leon Quartermaine as Ghost and Celia Johnson as Ophelia. The original BBC radio 1948 recording has been digitally remastered.
Michael Rosen reads a poem inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which he has written for Shakespeare Week 2023 (20 to 26 March).
John Gielgud reads a selection of Shakespeare’s sonnets. In a second programme, broadcast 26 April at the same time, John Neville read from the sonnets. Neville’s reading is not held by the BBC.
Andre Gide reads extracts from his French translation of Antony and Cleopatra.
A modern dress production set in Fascist Germany. Filmed on a primitive set, heavily cut, and with cutaway shots which reveal cameramen crouching in the wings. Originally broadcast on Westinghouse Studio One...
Children’s magazine series broadcast regionally in Indianapolis. Includes a sketch in which ventriloquist Dave Garrison portrays William Shakespeare with his dummy Dudley.
Broadcaster Vincent Kane retells the stories of Shakespeare’s best known plays and finds contemporary resonances. The play retold in episode 2 is not known.
Polonius charges Reynaldo with the task of travelling to Paris to spy on Laertes. Ophelia struggles with problems of the heart.
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