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Six scenes from Le Cid, re-staged in the Birmingham University Television Studio, from the Cercle Française production at the Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham. Corneille’s attitudes to young love, parental...
Six-part series, aimed at 15-18 year olds, about imagery in English literature presented by Professor W.M. Merchant. Episode five deals with Macbeth. Readers are Paul Curran and Beryl Bainbridge. No further...
Documentary following Graham Vick through six months of rehearsals for two productions of operas by Verdi - Aida and Otello. Otello was transmitted in its entirety later the same day. Narrated by Samuel West.
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...
Radio revue written by L. du Garde Peach. Amongst the six notable events in British history that are subject to liberal reinterpretation by the Professor of History as It Might Have Been is the "Writing of...
16-part television series, presented by John Gielgud, on the history of poetry in the English language. This episode follows Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet. Presents extracts from Romeo...
Television production of the play, adapted by John Barton. A romantic conception, lavishly designed in the Regency period. Interpreted with clarity but with no great insights. Richard Chamberlain is Hamlet.
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