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Radio talk show. Oscar Hammerstein II and John Houseman talk to Clifton Fadiman about Shakespeare and the modern musical.
Political advertisement. One in a series of commercials in the ‘Stevenson for President’ campaign that featured actual and fictional people voting for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 American Presidential...
Amateur film showing scenes from King Lear performed in the Speech Room at Harrow School in 1956, under the supervision of Ronald Watkins.
Police detective-crime anthology series. Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang’s fence wears, and he is continually finding...
Canadian variety show hosted by Alex Barris. In one sketch Barris satirises talk shows by interviewing Shakespeare - Shakespeare is played by Sammy Sales.
Cartoon. In a spoof of the balcony scene Romeo and his friend Cedric unsuccessfully attempt to scale the castle walls to join Juliet.
News item (mute). Guests attending a party for the first night of Love’s Labour Lost at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford on 3rd July 1956. The play was directed by Peter Hall, his first...
US comedy variety show hosted by Steve Allen. This episode features actor Andy Griffith, as a yogi,explaining Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a comedy monologue. The edition is renowned for the appearance of Elvis...
Radio arts programme in which John Huntley presents a previously undiscovered tape that he recorded in 1956 with Laurence Olivier, describing the problems of shooting Shakespearean films. Other contributors...
Feature film. French/Spanish version of The Taming of the Shrew set in 16th-century Gandia.
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