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  1. Blame It on the Bard: Why the ‘Author" Shakespeare is Responsible for World War I and World War II (2018 Video)

    Lecture on cultural appropriation by Wally Hurst presented at the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Conference in Oakland, California. It looks at how important Shakespeare’s work was in the development of...

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  2. Open-Air Concert for Wounded Soldiers (1917 Film)

    Series
    War Office Official Topical Budget

    The second of four stories in the newsfilm. "WAR ENTERTAINMENTS: A large number of wounded soldiers were entertained by a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Hanover Lodge, Regent’s Park".

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  3. Shakespeare and War (2017 Audio)

    aka: To the Battle He Came

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Richard Paul

    Actor and US Army veteren, William Wolfert sheds examines the spoken words of soldiers in Shakespeare’s texts in order to shed light on how war affects men and women who serve. This exploration is the...

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  4. Shakespeare Vs Hitler: Henry V and War Propaganda in Laurence Olivier’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Films (2023 Video)

    Recording of a live streamed seminar held in Italy but spoken in English, featuring Professor Arturo Cattaneo and moderated by Valentina Foschi. Cattaneo focuses on the versions of Henry V made by Laurence...

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  5. Henry V (1989 Radio)

    Series
    Play of the Week (BBC World Service)
    Director
    Walter Acosta

    Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Brett Usher, directed by Walter Acosta, starring David Schofield as Henry. No further information available (12/2008).

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  6. Adoulotoi Sklavoi (1946 Film)

    Director
    Vion Papamihalis; Marios Ploritis

    Feature film. On the eve of World War II in Athens, a group of young people have established a theatrical group, planning to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The outbreak of war, however, changes...

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  7. Danger Within (1959 Film)

    aka: Breakout

    Director
    Don Chaffey
    Producer
    Colin Lesslie

    Feature film adapted from Michael Gilbett’s 1952 novel ‘Death in Captivity’, based on his experiences as a POW in Italy during the Second World War. In the book the play being produced is Rudolf...

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  8. Henry V (1963 Radio)

    Series
    Men at Arms

    First in a radio drama series in which eight plays from different playwrights have been selected for their portrayal of the impact of warfare. Shakespeare’s Henry V was chosen since the play, "with all its...

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  9. To Be or Not to Be - Lubitsch, Shakespeare and the Theatricality of Power (2022 Video)

    Recording of a lecture by Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) looking at Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 wartime satire TO BE OR NOT TO BE (qv), analysing how it uses speeches from Shakespeare’s...

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  10. Shakespeare and the American Dream. Part 1 (2016 Radio)

    aka: Shakespeare in Obama’s America

    Series
    Compass: Shakespeare in the World
    Producer
    Maggie Ayre

    Radio broadcast, Writer Robert McCrum goes to America to assess Shakespeare’s appeal. In Nashville he watched Henry V set during the Civil War.Composer Stephen Sondheim and actor Alec Baldwin contribute....

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