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Radio play in blank verse written by Perry Pontac as a parody prequel to King Lear. Old King Lear (John Moffat in an imitation of Gielgud) is married to Eudoxia (Rosalind Shanks), who after being accused of...
Recording of an open-air production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet directed on stage by Éric Ruf and for the screen by Don Kent. Performed in French.
Educational videotape. Extracts from three key scenes from King Lear examined to explore Lear’s descent into madness. The scenes are: I iii ‘How now, what art thou?'; I v ‘If a man’s brains...'; II...
A compilation of seven early silent versions of Shakespeare plays, created from nitrate prints held in the BFI National Archive. They include examples of hand-stencilled and tinted prints, and, though...
A performance recorded at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Ontario, Canada in 1983. Directed for stage by John Hirsch and for CBC by Herb Roland.
Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud as Lear. The music is composed and conducted by John Hotchkis and performed by a section of the English...
Television production starring Mike Gwilym as Berowne, Jonathan Kent as King and Jenny Agutter as Rosaline.
Live sound recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1974 production of King John directed and re-worked by John Barton assisted by Barry Kyle. Emrys James is King John.
Video recording of the modern dress production by the Almeida Theatre Company. Directed for stage by Jonathan Kent with Ralph Fiennes as Richard.
Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Peter Watts with John Gielgud in the title role. Alan MacNaughtan narrates.