BUFVC Search
Current Search
Previous Searches
Sir Derek Jacobi reflects on his first of 400 performances of Hamlet beginning at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1957. He shares his personal discovery of the meaning of Hamlet’s words and his motivations.
Audio podcast. In the first 90 minutes, Chloe Strauss and Henry Faherty discuss two films derived from Shakespeare plays: the new Disney live action remake of its 1999 animated feature, The Lion King, based...
Ninth of twelve programmes in which all Shakespeare sonnets are recited by various actors. The programme is introduced by Rayner Heppenstall. Michael Redgrave reads Sonnets 91 to 99.
Frank Stasio talks with director Rebecca Blum about her new production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure at Raleigh’s Little Theatre and its contemporary relevance. Also interviewed are actors...
A version of King Lear using the theatrical formalism of Beijing opera as a medium in which to read Shakespeare’s play. The director translates Lear into a three-act, one-actor piece of performance art,...
Presents the play in performance plus anciliary information. Each act and scene is individually introduced. Information on all the characters can be accessed at any point, as can any part of the text....
Video recording of John Neville’s 1987 production of Othello for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Howard Rollins as Othello and Colm Feore as Iago.
Compilation videotape. Shakespeare parodies and spoofs from the television holdings of the BFI National Archive, London. Compiled by Luke McKernan and Charles Fairall. THE BOWMANS (Hancock) [BBC tx 2.6.61]...
Sonnet 91 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Sir Roy Strong. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.
Podcast, This edition features an interview with members of the Cape Town theatre troupe, Baked Shakespeare. In their productions they invite the audience to select two of the actors to continue performing...
Learning on Screen