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John Barrymore was approached in 1933 to make a film version of Hamlet. Although he had played the role many times on stage, the production company asked for a screen test, perhaps because of rumours that...
Recording of an online seminar by Dr. Joseph Stephenson of Abilene Christian University to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Shakespeare First Folio.
Recording of a lecture by Paul Budra (Simon Fraser University) in which he explores Shakespeare’s popular comedy and present his theory - that Shakespeare, after several successes, decided to test himself...
A news and magazine programme. Studio rehearsal between presenters from different regions reading lines from Shakespeare. An exercise to test the ability to cut quickly between the regions.
Television news and current affairs programme presented by Jeremy Paxman. Includes a Newsnight Review item (6.5mins) on the newly established Hip Hop Shakespeare Company. Kirsty Wark announces the launch of...
Radio mystery game. In this 15-minute listening test, voices of a number of well-known broadcasters speak unannounced into the microphone in a type of performance with which they are not usually associated....
Is it possible that Shakespeare sourced the narrative for some of his most significant works from the unpublished writing of one George North? The Independent scholar, Dennis McCarthy and Professor Charles...
A compilation of screen tests given by Mrs Patrick Campbell. Includes the sleepwalking scene from Macbeth, Palleas and Melisande (sound only), Yiddish dialect from The Matriach (sound only), and a scene from...
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Mark Thornton Burnett speaks on foreign-language film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. "To imitate Shakespeare or to use Shakespeare either on stage or in...
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