BUFVC Search
Current Search
Previous Searches
Three-part series which discusses the character of Caesar as portrayed by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar and George Bernard Shaw in Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw (Donald Moffatt) acts as host and commentator....
Shows the boyhood of Shakespeare in Stratford and his career in London as actor and dramatist. Conveys impressions of the Elizabethan stage, particularly the Globe Theatre. There are short excerpts from...
The play’s theme of ‘poison’ is explored, both in the physical sense of the three poisoning episodes, and in the figurative sense of subtly spreading corruption and evil.
Series, in three parts, showing how the meaning of the play can change in the hands of a director. Director Douglas Campbell has firm convictions about Macbeth (including his belief that parts of the play...
Maynard Mack, Yale University, uses portraits (e.g. Sir Francis Drake), maps (Visscher’s View) and models (Globe Playhouse) to discuss the relationship between the age of Elizabeth and Hamlet. He reflects...
Two-hour radio adaptation of the play, arranged and directed by A. Corbett-Smith. Cyril Estcourt performs the title role and Haidee Gunn speaks the parts of both Katharine of France and the Chorus. Other...
Professor Mack of Yale University divides the play into three sections: a ghost story, a detective story, and a revenge story. and discusses the major characters and movements, illustrated with scenes from...
Television production of Romeo and Juliet commissioned for C4’s Middle English schools slot. Directed by Alan Horrox with Geraldine Somerville as Juliet and Jonathan Firth as Romeo.
Professor Mack of Yale University lectures on the play. Part 1 discusses the social structures, customs and audiences of Elizabethan England. Part 2 looks at the play’s three stories: the ghost story, the...
US family sitcom of the Cosby-type about a beleaguered father. In this episode Michael steps in as director of Kady’s kindergarden play, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He allows the children to make any...
Learning on Screen