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Travelogue of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire which includes brief scenes of a rehearsal for an open air production of Much Ado About Nothing by students of Queen’s College. Narrated by Michael Redgrave.
British Pathe newsfilm item. Preparations for, and scenes from, a production of Macbeth at the Minack Cliff Theatre, an open-air theatre in Porthcurno, Cornwall which opened in 1932. Includes shots of the...
Radio programme. Continuing a celebration of funny books and funny writers. In this episode actress Fiona Shaw joins John Mullan, Professor of Literature at UCL, to explore the impact of Shakespearean and...
Short. Two wives and two soldiers divided by war discuss the horror of the conflict. The film uses poetic language to open dialogue with its audience concerning the transience of life and the consequences of...
Newsreel item. The winning design for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre by architect Elisabeth Scott.
BBC Radio 3 arts series. Philip Dodd talks to John Barton and Professor Michael Dobson about the staging of Shakespeare’s history plays throughout history. The impetus to the debate is the production of...
Short drama by Francesca Martinez in response to Shakespeare’s sonnet no. 61. Music by Nina Whiteman. Maxine Peake reads "Is it thy will, thy image should keep open/My heavy eyelids to the weary night?".
Radio broadcast. In this two-part programme Professor Michael Dobson explores the history of outdoor Shakespeare productions. The second episode (30/07/2007) focuses on the amateur theatre company.
Natalie Abrahami, Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, tells Sophie Reynolds about the first act of Pericles, which she directed for the Regents Park Open Air Theatre in 2011. Her brief was to direct a...
The play by Alfred Jarry. Pere Ubu is an oafish, barely ranking civil servant persuaded by his shrewish wife to kill the King of Poland and usurp the throne. Ubu is unfit to rule anything, so his eventual...