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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...
Documentary supporting the claim that Edward de Vere was the real author of the plays attributed to William Shakespeare. Features interviews with Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance, who both subscribe to the theory.
Radio programme marking 85 years of weather forecasting on the BBC with poetry and music. The programme includes an excerpt from Shakespeare’s King Lear ('Blow wind and crack your cheeks’) read by Mark...
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.
A student film. Berlin, six years after the fall of the wall, is depicted as a permanent building site which long lost its symbolic power to suggest a new prosperity. People are unemployed and homeless...
Film adaptation of the play with Douglas Booth and Hallee Steinfeld in the title roles.
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