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Sunday 23 April 1989 commemorates 425 years since the birth of William Shakespeare. Dr Levi Fox, director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, takes Norman Painting on a tour of Stratford-upon-Avon’s most...
Television documentary. Coverage from Stratford-upon-Avon of the birthday celebrations including the Unfurling of the Flags of all Nations, and later the arrival of HRH, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
Written in 1983 by Dr Levi Fox, Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the compilation of three 30-minute videotapes is an appreciation of Shakespeare complemented with quotations from his works....
Act III i of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream is given an urban 21st century twist in an advert for Levi 501 Jeans with Anti-Fit. The scene is ‘translated’ from the fairy forest to a...
Television documentary. Joan Bakewell visits Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare has become the object of adoration, scholarship and commerce as the heritage industry grows. She visits his supposed...
Documentary. Starting with the annual Shakespeare birthday celebrations in Stratford, when international representatives unfurl their national flags, traces the life of Shakespeare from his mother’s...
Shows the boyhood of Shakespeare in Stratford and his career in London as actor and dramatist. Conveys impressions of the Elizabethan stage, particularly the Globe Theatre. There are short excerpts from...
Guy Michelmore reports on Sam Wanamaker’s project of rebuilding Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre near its original site in Southwark, London. Michael Hordern, Judi Dench, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Andrew Gurr are...
Video recording of a production of The Tempest directed by Audrey E. Stanley for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival. Julian Lopez-Morillas is Prospero.
Anthology arts series. In this final edition of The South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg goes behind the scenes at the Royal Shakespeare Company as it embarks on an ambitious programme of work inspired by...
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