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Kenneth Branagh talks about his film MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993) to critic Michael Billington in the Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre.
This podcast is presented by Ben Lawrence and is a collaboration between The Telegraph and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Lawrence talks to Telegraph film critic Tim Robey about Baz Luhrmann’s 1996...
Jonathan Gil Harris (Professor of English at Ashoka University) discusses his book ‘Masala Shakespeare: How a Firangi Writer Became Indian’ - on adaptations of Shakespeare in Indian cinema - with critic...
Drama critic Walter Kerr comments on excerpts from five plays performed by professional actors. He discusses characteristics unique to the live dramatic form by comparing these scenes with segments of film....
Radio broadcast. Louise Swan surveys film adaptations of Shakespeare, examining the work of directors such as Laurence Olivier, Akira Kurosawa, Franco Zeffirelli, Derek Jarman, Kozintsev, Max Reinhardt,...
Fiction film. A version of The Winter’s Tale with Martin Faust as Leontes and Anna Rosemond as Hermione.
Arts series introduced by Alistair Cooke. The programme contained three items - a pantomime by Jean-Louis Barrault, a dramatic sketch about Shakespeare’s youth, and a re-creation of high living among the...
An interview with Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan about Joseph Papp’s life and works, including his founding of Shakespeare in the Park and the Public theater. Includes extracts from...
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...
Feature film. Ann, secretary to a theatre critic, is persuaded to alter a poor review of actor Edmond Davey’s performance as Othello at the behest of his actress wife, Barbara. Ann is sacked, then falls in...
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