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Animator and director John Miller interprets the gravediggers’ scene from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
A series of six one-man plays written and performed by actor/comedian/writer John Sessions and recorded at London’s Half Moon Theatre. In this second episode, an American tourist visits Shakespeare’s...
Television documentary examining John Everett Millais’ painting ‘Ophelia’ hanging in the Tate Britain, London. Presented by Edwin Mullins.
Live sound recording of The Tempest, a Leeds Playhouse production directed by John Harrison with Paul Scofield as Prospero.
A televised version of the opera by Nicolai based on Shakespeare’s play. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Harold Parfitt. Edward Renton conducts. Translated by Francis Dalvin.
Cold war spy thriller based on the novel Call for the Dead by John Le Carre, about espionage in London. Includes Edward’s death scene (specially staged for the film) of a Royal Shakespeare Company...
Live sound recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1974 production of Cymbeline directed by John Barton, Barry Kyle and Clifford Williams with Sebastian Shaw in the title role and Susan Fleetwood as...
Television documentary celebrating the opening of the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Containing a large amount of archival material, it shows the history of the National Theatre project from the...
Television arts documentary series. The career of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, with strong emphasis on her favourite Shakespearean role, Juliet. Includes contributions from her fellow actors, Nigel Hawthorne in...
John Tusa interviews Peter Hall about his life and work. Hall comments on directing, rehearsing and speaking Shakespeare; he also speaks at length about the difficult transition of taking over from Olivier...
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