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Film drama based on the play by Emile Moreau that relates the love story of Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex. The film opens with a performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor (the Falstaff basket scene...
First in a twelve-part series of schools talks by J.C. Stobart and R.E. Jeffrey about the portrayal of kings in Shakespeare’s plays. This introductory episode focuses on the monarch under which Shakespeare...
In this interview, Dr. Earl Showerman explores whether A Midsummer Night’s Dream contains allegorical references satirising Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with Francois Hercule Valois, the Duc of...
Video recording made in July 2018 at the Queen’s Park Book Festival in London where Simon Russell Beale and Nicholas Hytner discuss Shakespeare and their careers in theatre.
Documentary. A portrait of the 16th century magician (mathematicians, scientist and astronomer), Dr John Dee, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Prospero and Marlowe’s Faust, as well as Queen Elizabeth...
Audio recording of Timothy Findlay’s play. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to death for treason. On the eve of his death in 1601, a tormented Elizabeth seeks distraction and calls...
Television drama about an imaginary adventure between William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. It was originally written in 1910 by George Bernard Shaw in aid of the scheme for a National Theatre.
Stephen Costan plays Margaret. Having defeated the rebel, York, he reflects on sweet victory.
Stage recording of Barrie Rutter’s 2018 production of this little-seen Shakespeare play by Shakespeare and John Fletcher for the Globe Theatre. Directed for the screen by Ian Russell.
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