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Documentary. Actor David Harewood has five days to turn a group of teenagers from his old school, Washwood Heath Technology College, Birmingham into Shakespearean performers capable of appearing on the stage...
Podcast hosted by Barry Edelstein that explores Shakespeare outside of the theatre. In this edition he looks at the rivalry between Irish-English actor Charles Macready and American actor Edwin Forrest and...
Fly-on-the-wall documentary series, in six episodes, which observes, over five days, pupils at Oriel High School, Gorleston staging a production of Romeo and Juliet.
Television variety and talent show for children. Each programme in this series was staged within a single fairy tale setting; in this episode the setting is Sherwood Forest. Bobby Bennett is Robin Hood, Sue...
Topical. Scenes from Henry V performed by the boys of King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Ball (op cit) believes this production to be the first amateur Shakespeare film. Screened at The...
A videorecording, using a single camera, of Matthias Hartmann’s production of Othello staged at the Schauspielhaus, Zurich. Oliver Stokowski (a white actor) is Othello.
Feature film. Welles’ first European work, shot in fits and starts over four years at various locations in Morocco and Italy, due to lack of finance. This original technical quality was poor, but this...
Podcast. Dee Ryan, adjunct professor at Northwestern University, compares the strengths, weaknesses and differing approaches of various stage productions - including recent productions in productions by the...
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of Theatre for a New Audience’s 2007 production of The Merchant of Venice directed by Darko Tresnjak with F. Murray Abraham as Shylock.
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library, What do we know about Shakespeare’s life? This episode considers not only that question, but two others: During the past four centuries, when and how did...
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