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A Japanese adaptation by John R. Briggs videotaped at the Playhouse 46. The costumes are those of a samurai army, the witches wear Kabuki make-up, and the set is dominated by a large, sculptured Buddha....
Feature film with Ruggero Ruggeri as Hamlet.`...Rodolfi finds an intriquing halfway style between film and theatre, eschewing a more conventional cutting scheme. Key thoughts are shown in close-up, there are...
Film (probably a newsfilm item) of acclaimed Dutch actor Louis Bouwmeester as Shylock. No further details known (9/2007).
Six programmes, broadcast daily, in which Simon Callow explores the hidden meaning of the Sonnets by following a radical reordering by John Padel. Believing that the W.H. is William Herbert, it suggests that...
Radio broadcast described as a comedy of ‘loose and light interviews with a lunatic, a lover and a poet, based on Shakespeare’s theme’.
Granville Barker’s seminal collection of critical essays on Shakespeare reviewed by George Rylands.
A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.
A time-lapse film of the Royal Shakespeare Company setting up the auditorium for its 2011 Lincoln Center Festival residency at the Armory, Park Avenue, NYC. The auditorium, a replica of the Royal Shakespeare...
Radio broadcast of Berlioz’s opera live from Covent Garden with Sara Fulgoni and Donald Kaasch singing the title roles. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera are conducted by John Nelson....
Educational videotape. Extracts from five key speeches and soliloquies from Hamlet examined to highlight Hamlet’s indecision and turmoil throughout the play. The extracts are: I ii ‘O, that this too, too...
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