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British newsfilm. The auction of the Shakespeare Memorial Exhibition collection of over ninety items. A pen and ink sketch of Shakespeare by Pablo Picasso is auctioned and shown briefly. It fetched £1000....
British newsfilm. "The Prince of Wales opens Memorial Theatre before representatives of 40 nations at Stratford". The Prince begins his speech ‘Shakespeare was above all things an Englishman, he loved his...
Newsfilm item. A royal visit to Stratford-upon-Avon. King Edward VII, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret visit Stratford-on-Avon for the first time. The royal party is greeted by Lord Iliffe and shown...
Newsfilm. "A new season started at the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, presenting a sequence of six of Shakespeare’s plays. People queued for over 30 hours for gallery seats for the opening...
British newsfilm. "Their Majesties Princess Elizabeth and Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the premiere of Sir Laurence Olivier’s ‘Hamlet". People seen on screen at the premiere of HAMLET...
British newsfilm. Othello acted in a public house. At a Public House in Carshalton a local amateur theatrical company (The Taverners) is giving a performance of Othello. Some of the cast in costume at the...
Feature film which made its own myths as the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra was lived in real-life in the well-publicised Burton-Taylor romance. The hugely expensive sets, and Taylor’s protracted...
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