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Television series, in six episodes, on the life and times of William Shakespeare. Writer John Mortimer based each episode around events in Shakespeare’s life to suggest how they influenced his writing. In...
US family sitcom of the Cosby-type about a beleaguered father. In this episode Michael steps in as director of Kady’s kindergarden play, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He allows the children to make any...
Twelfth Night, with an all African-American cast, is transformed into a romantic fable set in 1940s Harlem using Duke Ellington songs as its score. The play was directed for stage by Sheldon Epps and for...
Video recording by Theatre on Film & Stage (TOFT) of the production of Julius Caesar directed by Michael Langham and produced by Joseph Papp. Sonny Jim Gaines as Caesar and Jaime Sanchez as Mark Antony lead...
Video recording of Jean Gascon’s 1974 production of Pericles for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Nicholas Pennell in the title role. Production design and costume by Leslie Hurry.
Detective series. Chief Inspector Charles Rose of Scotland Yard, now retired, revisits one of his old cases when the son of a celebrated archaeologist dies in an apparent car accident. His father had been...
Television version of the play directed by Thea Sharrock with Tom Hiddleston in the title role.
Relayed from the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Stratford Festival Company performs B. Iden Payne’s production of As You Like It. The adaptation for broadcasting is arranged by Owen...
Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s modern dress production directed by Matthew Warchus with Alex Jennings as Hamlet.
Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2000 production of Richard II directed by Gerald Freeman with Wallace Acton in the title role. Recorded for WAPAVA by James J. Taylor.