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In 2012, the Royal Shakespeare Company staged Julius Caesar in an African setting with the leading actor, Paterson Joseph in the role of Brutus. In this edition of Shakespeare Unlimited, Paterson, reflects...
The complete Arkangel series of 38 spoken word recordings, uncut, and accompanied by original music. 98 CDS. Each play, with full cast and credits, is catalogued separately on this database.
Excerpts from Shakespeare’s sonnets read by Richard Pasco.
Six programmes, broadcast daily, in which Simon Callow explores the hidden meaning of the Sonnets by following a radical reordering by John Padel. Believing that the W.H. is William Herbert, it suggests that...
Radio broadcast of Berlioz’s opera live from Covent Garden with Sara Fulgoni and Donald Kaasch singing the title roles. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera are conducted by John Nelson....
Fiction film. A comic version of the play with Carl Alstrup as Othello. Bioscope, commenting on the film on its re-release in 1911, writes that Alstrup ‘becomes so imbued with his part that he deals...
A two-part SOUTH BANK SHOW to celebrate Sir Peter Hall’s 50 years in theatre. Peter Hall looks back on his foundation of the Royal Shakespeare Company, his 15 years as Director of the National Theatre, and...
A thirteen-part television series, presented by Richard Ouzounian, on the history of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. The final episode gives impressions, images and sounds spanning 50 years at...
The Scottish Opera production from the MacRobert Centre, Stirling, of Britten’s opera in three acts, produced for radio by Toby Robertson. Tim Curry stars as Puck in a spoken role. The Scottish Baroque...
An abbreviated version of the play. Ball finds the picture disappointing, commenting on the poorly handled crowd scenes, unnecessary invented action, and primitive photography and acting.
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