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Educational series. One in a twelve-part series of films made by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (now TV Ontario). The aim was to relate ‘Shakespeare’s timeless ideas and understanding...
Radio broadcast. Scenes from Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V, adapted for radio by John Kerry. Performers unknown [2/2015].
Explores the problematic relationship between event, text and performance in Shakespeare’s Henry V. Also focuses on the way war, and images of war, are presented on stage and on film. In five sections: 1)...
Animated film using paper cut-outs. The film is a satirical comment in favour of pacifism. Romeo and Juliet are children of feuding families who duel with modern implements of war including bombs and tanks....
1: Professor Harold Brooks introduces the play, singling out its uniqueness in the Shakespearean output. He then begins his treatment of the play’s dramatic unit, considering the choice of subject, the...
Radio performance of the balcony scene (II ii) of Romeo and Juliet. Starring Nova Pilbeam and Alec Guinness, this was the first star production of the war.
A discussion recorded on the eve of the transmission of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The War of the Roses between stage director Peter Hall, John Barton who adapted the plays, and Michael...
First in a radio drama series in which eight plays from different playwrights have been selected for their portrayal of the impact of warfare. Shakespeare’s Henry V was chosen since the play, "with all its...
Radio broadcast. The Lena Ashwell Players play scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth as performed for the troops in France during the war. With Lena Ashwell as Lady Macbeth and Paget Bowman as Macbeth. Herbert...
Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Brett Usher, directed by Walter Acosta, starring David Schofield as Henry. No further information available (12/2008).
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