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Newsreel. Travelogue. Places of general and historical interest including Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Newsreel item on the Saint George’s Day procession through Stratford-upon-Avon, 23rd April 1915. The procession, led by the Mayor and Mr George Benson, winds through the streets to lay a wreath on...
Pathe News item which was not issued. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre’s 1954 production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Glen Byam Shaw went to Moscow in 1959. Glen Byam Shaw welcomes the actors. Scenes of...
Newsfilm. The laying of the foundation stone for the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre by Lord Ampthill on 2 July 1929. View of the old theatre; members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire and...
Newsfilm. Opening of the tomb of Sir Thomas Walsingham at St Nicholas’ Church, Chislehurst in a search for Shakespearean manuscripts, the existence of which American theatre critic Calvin Hoffman believes...
British Pathe newsfilm item. Preparations for, and scenes from, a production of Macbeth at the Minack Cliff Theatre, an open-air theatre in Porthcurno, Cornwall which opened in 1932. Includes shots of the...
Travelogue of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire which includes brief scenes of a rehearsal for an open air production of Much Ado About Nothing by students of Queen’s College. Narrated by Michael Redgrave.
Cinemagazine. A look at how Stratford celebrated Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary. Views of Stratford including the cottages of Anne Hathaway and Shakespeare’s birthplace. Tony Sheridan strums a guitar...
Travelogue. English life in Autumn, Winter and Spring. Includes sequences from the Old Vic production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with comedian Frankie Howerd as Bottom at the play rehearsal and Titania...
Cinemagazine. Shakespeare quatercentenary celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon and Trinidad. In Trinidad, dancers in the street portray Shakespeare’s characters as part of a carnival procession. Commentator...
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