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Volunteer, The (1943 Film)

Director

Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

Producer

Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

Propaganda short feature film. Fred is an inept but willing dresser to a famous actor (Richardson), who makes himself up to play Othello. The news of the invasion of Poland comes in, and (in Othello costume)...

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Jenny Tiramani (2002 Audio)

Series

Royal Holloway ‘Designing Shakespeare’ Interviews

Christie Carson interviews theatre designer Jenny Tiramani. Tirimani speaks of the influence of seeing local amateur productions as a child. She talks of her working with Ultz, John McGrath and Mark Rylance...

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Shakespeare Primer (1965 Film)

Producer

John Avildsen

Educational film. Actor Hans Conreid discusses aspects of Shakespeare’s works standing before a series of sculptured figures depicting memorable scenes from eight plays. Behind-the-scenes voices speak...

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Ed Sullivan Show [05/02/1956] (1956 Television)

Series

Ed Sullivan Show, The

Director

John Wray (2)

Producer

Ed Sullivan

US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. This episode includes includes an extract (5 min 45 secs) in which Orson Welles (in costume and make-up) performs Lear’s speech from IV, vii (`You do me wrong to take...

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X Hamlet (1996 Film)

aka: Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia

Director

Luca Damiano

Hardcore pornographic adaptation enacted in Elizabeth costume.

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Shakespeare in Love (1998 Film, Video)

Director

John Madden

Producer

David Parfitt; Harvey Weinstein; Marc Norman; Edward Zwick; Donna Gigliotti

Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in...

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Richard III (2012 Video)

Director

Wang Xiaoying

Video recording of Richard III staged at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre as part of the Globe to Globe season. Performed by the National Theatre of China from Beijing and spoken in Mandarin. Zhang Dongyu in...

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Hamlet: A Monologue (1995 Video)

Director

Robert Wilson (3); Ann-Christin Rommen

A video recording of a performance of theatre designer Robert Wilson’s performance-piece HAMLET: A MONOLOGUE. Wilson, working with Wolfgang Wiens’ text, performs Hamlet as a monologue in 15 scenes. He...

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Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (1992 Television)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Director

Pit Holzwarth

An all-male production of The Merry Wives of Windsor performed by the Bremer Shakespeare Company. The stage production was filmed for German television. Directed by Pit Holzwarth with Norbert Kentrup as...

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Nextel: Romeo and Juliet (2003 Film)

Director

Joe Pytka

Producer

Ozzie Spenningsby

US television advertisement for Nextel Communications’ mobile telephones. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet played out by an all-white cast in period costume using mobile telephones and contemporary language.

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