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Radio variety series. To honour Shakespeare’s birthday Lauritz Melchior, Eva La Gallienne and others perform scenes from The Merchant of Venice.
BBC regional news item. Extract from a speech made by Sir Anthony Eden at the birthday luncheon held at the Festival Pavilion during the Shakespeare Quatercentenary celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Video comprising four segments recorded on a home VCR from local TV news shows in 1983 (the first full year the Folger was open after a large-scale renovation). Items are: Shakespeare’s birthday...
First broadcast of a religious service held by the Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity in connection with the annual Shakespeare’s birthday celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Shakespeare sermon, which...
Radio adaptation of the play presented as a birthday tribute to Shakespeare. Arranged and produced by guest producer Lewis Casson. With Bruce Belfrage in the title role.
An MTV reality show documenting the lives of upper class teenagers. It portrays them preparing and celebrating their traditional coming-of-age birthday parties. In this episode Erica is considered the...
A group of celebrities have to take their culinary skills back in time to create a dish fit for the Bard himself and in honour of his 450th birthday celebrations. They cook for members of the Shakespeare...
Radio programme on a selection of Elizabethan music that has come to be associated with Shakespeare’s plays. With Ena Mitchell (soprano), Gerald Smith (treble), Diana Poulton (lute), Margaret Hodsdon...
Documentary. Starting with the annual Shakespeare birthday celebrations in Stratford, when international representatives unfurl their national flags, traces the life of Shakespeare from his mother’s...
Laurence Olivier talks to Patrick Garland from his home in Sussex, and reads his own choice of poetry and prose from William Shakespeare and other writers.