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A Japanese adaptation by John R. Briggs videotaped at the Playhouse 46. The costumes are those of a samurai army, the witches wear Kabuki make-up, and the set is dominated by a large, sculptured Buddha....
Film (probably a newsfilm item) of acclaimed Dutch actor Louis Bouwmeester as Shylock. No further details known (9/2007).
Radio broadcast described as a comedy of ‘loose and light interviews with a lunatic, a lover and a poet, based on Shakespeare’s theme’.
A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.
Educational videotape. Extracts from five key speeches and soliloquies from Hamlet examined to highlight Hamlet’s indecision and turmoil throughout the play. The extracts are: I ii ‘O, that this too, too...
Anthology drama series. A production of Julius Caesar adapted by Leo Penn. Theodore Bikel is Caesar and Alfred Ryder plays Mark Antony. Introduced by John Cannon.
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Episode 27 in the series. This edition looks at how Shakespeare is stretched to tell a story of contemporary Hong Kong and colonialism in two important...
Feature film with Ruggero Ruggeri as Hamlet.`...Rodolfi finds an intriquing halfway style between film and theatre, eschewing a more conventional cutting scheme. Key thoughts are shown in close-up, there are...
A US drama series re-enacting major historical events and covering them as current news stories. This episode concerns December 26 1597 when Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was selected by Queen Elizabeth I...
John Barrymore reads extracts from Hamlet.
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