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Television schools series in eight parts, examining the conflict between good and evil in medieval and Elizabethan drama. Episode 7 continues the argument that in Macbeth Shakespeare makes use of the...
For its time a sumptuous television adaptation of the play complete with Mendelssohn’s music and ballet. Dancer and choreographer Gillian Lynne appears as Puck.
Short experimental film. An adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set against a psychedelic backdrop of surreal techno clubs and urban alleyways. The film opens with a long unbroken shot, with no...
Video recording, using a single fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2006 production of The Tempest directed by Rupert Goold. Patrick Stewart is Prospero.
A videorecording of Ian McKellen’s one man show, ‘Acting Shakespeare’. In two parts: 1 (60 min): McKellen talks about his career as a Shakespearean actor and about Shakespeare’s life and writing,...
A German Federal Republic film originally made for Eurovision television. Schell’s direct, decisive and austere performance is played out against a bare and claustrophic setting an atmosphere complemented...
News and current affairs series. In this episode Steve Richards interviews Dominic Dromgoole (Artistic Director) at the Globe Theatre. Dromgoole discusses the current popularity of Shakespeare and new book...
Live television broadcast of the stage production directed by Nicholas Hytner for the Lincoln Centre 1998 Festival. Helen Hunt is Viola and Philip Bosco is Malvolio.
Video recording of Viktor Polesny’s 2005 production of Twelfth Night. Jitka Schneiderova and Zuzana Vejvodova alternated the role of Viola.
Low-budget independent feature film. Ann and John appear happily married but, unknown to Ann, John is having an affair with Ann’s sister Cynthia. An old college friend of John, Graham, comes to visit and...
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