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Comedy drama series created by Simon Wheeler and starring Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk-based solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the locals who come to him for legal assistance....
Arts magazine series. In one item Clemency Burton-Hill visits the Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, as it celebrates its 50th birthday. Stratford-upon-Avon. Interior of...
Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. Episode 1 introduces the theatre in Shakespeare’s day and the characters who...
Radio broadcast. Scenes from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice are arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. Starring Fay Compton as Portia, Malcolm Keen as Shylock and other members of the BBC Drama...
Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. Episode 4 looks at pacing; not the actual speed at which things happen, but the...
Live audio recording of Peter Hall’s 1988 production of The Winter’s Tale with Tim Pigott-Smith as Leontes.
Radio programme. An account of the Royal Shakespeare’s Company production of Richard II as part of Peter Hall’s seven-play history cycle The Wars of the Roses. Members of the Company speak of their work...
Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. In episode 3 actors perform exercises to develop movements which suggest a...
Radio broadcast. Devised and produced by John Powell, the programme assembles opinions of practitioners, critics and scholars of the theatre on the subject of staging Shakespeare. Comments from directors...
Television documentary made exclusively for BBC Knowledge. Richard Eyre examines Shakespeare’s contribution to literature and talks to renowned actors about their interpretations of his work. Peter Hall...
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