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Radio broadcast. As part of this world entertainment review programme, Basil Rathbone introduces George Cukor’s new film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936). His talk is illustrated by a recorded excerpt of a scene...
Feature film. Heavily abridged version of the play for schools concentrating mainly on the first part from the Festival of the Games to Mark Antony’s funeral oration. Many of the dialogues between Cassius...
Feature film based on the play by Ivo Bresan. The president of the peasants’ collective celebrates the anniversary by producing Hamlet. As rehearsals continue, the peoples’ lives develop parallel to...
Feature film. A heavily abridged version of the play with emphasis on the scenes between Antony and Cleopatra. Much of the political plot and some of Enorbarbus’ lines are omitted. A narrator explains...
Feature film version of Measure for Measure. Lavish sets, lush costumes and hundreds of extras fail to redeem the film. Variety, reviewing the US release, notes bad lighting, poor sound and unhelpful English...
Fiction short. The Merchant of Venice directed by Barry O’Neill and adapted by Lloyd Lonergan and Gertrude Thanhauser. William J. Bowman is Shylock.
Experimental short film. The wooing scene from The Taming of the Shrew in which the actors spoke the complete text, a primitive sound process known as Voxograph. Ball (op cit) writes ‘When it was presented...
Four short documentaries about the making of 4Learning’s contemporary production of Twelfth Night which was specially made for broadcast on school’s television. The programmes offer extended interviews...
Feature film. Directed by Riccardo Freda with Rosemary Dexter as Juliet and Geronimo Meynier as Romeo.