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A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...
Television series for schools. A partner series to MACBETH first broadcast in the autumn term 1970. REFLECTIONS considers the five main themes of the play - tyranny, loyalty, ambition, man and woman, and the...
Radio broadcast, Writer Robert McCrum goes to America to assess Shakespeare’s appeal. In Washington he discovers that his plays are used to discuss ideas of power and politics. He meets Stephen Sondheim...
Radio broadcast for schools presented by Margaret Hotine. Includes an interview with director Ronald Eyre and actress Sarah Woodward. The focus of the programme is on Measure for Measure.
Laurence Olivier is interviewed by Kathleen Tynan. He tells of his time at the National Theatre and gives his opinion (not complimentary) on Viscount Chandos, Peter Brook and Peter Hall. He talks at length...
Schools broadcast of four programmes based on scenes from Shakespeare’s play arranged for radio by John Allen with Deryck Guyler, Denys Blakelock and Pamela Allan. Stanley MacKenzie narrates. Introduction...
In a campaign to promote its new 3008 Crossover car, Peugeot-sponsored TV advertisement series ‘Casting Tape’ is based on the concept of a director conducting a casting session for Peugeot. In this clip,...
BBC Radio 4 cultural discussion programme hosted by Andrew Marr. Marr talks to the writer Margaret Atwood and the actor Harriet Walter about updating Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Revenge is served cold in...
Eight-part television drama series for schools, presented by John Westbrook. Episode 4 discusses the character of Sir Toby Belch.
Radio broadcast. In the second part of the programme, Tom Service presents a concert featuring Sibelius’s two orchestral suites for The Tempest performed in the context of performances of scenes from...
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