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Ian Richardson discusses the technique of Shakespearean verse speaking. He directs Marian Seldes and Charles Robinson in II ii of Macbeth to illustrate his method. Recorded at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of...
CBC radio drama. Scenes from Richard II directed and adapted for radio by Charles Warburton; Dennis King as Richard.
Video recording of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre’s 2015 staging of Richard II directed by Simon Godwin with Charles Edwards in the title role.
A 2-CD collection, compiled by David Timson and Nicholas Soames, of early sound recordings of Shakespearean actors: Herbert Beerbohn Tree as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (III i) and Falstaff in Henry IV....
Television series of filmed classics. Charles Laughton recites from the Bible and other texts, reads poetry, tells stories and jokes including a reading from Twelfth Night (II iv).
A version of the play performed on a bare stage. David Birney is Richard.
Independent, digital, low-budget production, heavily abridged, with a re-working of Richard as a Rambo-esque war hero. This may be the first film of Richard II.
Feature film. Jack Benny and Conrad Nagel host a musical revue of MGM acts, including Joan Crawford, Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton. Includes a skit (c 6 mins) on Romeo and Juliet, where John Gilbert and...
Radio broadcast with the theme of Shakespeare in opera. Up-and-coming stars give their annual concert from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Presented by Stephanie Hughes in conversation with opera...
Feature film. London in the 1660s, and a declaration from King Charles II (Rupert Everett) legalising female actors puts the girl-boy specialist Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) out of a job. His former dresser...
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