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Historian Dr Ian Grimble draws on Irish, Scottish and English records for an account of the historical background to the Macbeth story.
Radio broadcast of Macbeth as a musical comedy. Both Holinshed and Shakespeare are mentioned as inspirational source but the play seems to have been ‘improved’ out of all recognition by writer duo Jack...
Feature film. Brilliant young general Macbeth pulls off a glorious victory in battle before returning to an indolent court where honours are dispensed by whim. Spurred on by prophesying drifters and an...
BBC television arts series. Programme, in two parts, about the ideas of the English scene designer, producer and actor Edward Gordon Craig. The first part is a dialogue between Craig (spoken by Donald...
Verdi’s opera sung in the original Italian, directed and adapted for television by George R. Foa. With Alexander Moyes as narrator. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Vittori Gui.
Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Hugh Stewart. The script of the broadcast has been edited by M. R. Ridley. With Robert Edison, Marius Goring and Celia Johnson. Duncan...
Radio version of the play adapted by Hugh Stewart and produced by Val Gielgud. With Leslie Banks and Phyllis Neilson-Terry in the lead, Preston Lockwood narrates. Incidental music composed by William Walton.
Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy adapted by Lance Sieveking and produced by Val Gielgud. With Ralph Richardson as Bottom. Mendelssohn’s music is played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with a...
Televised adaptation of the play produced by George More O’Ferrall with Stephen Murray in the title role and Ruth Lodge as Lady Macbeth. Incidental music by Granville Bantock. Settings and costumes...
'Streamlined’ radio version of the play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Frank Hauser with a youthful Richard Burton in the title role. The play, shortened to fit the 90-minute slot, concentrates...