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A contemporary television adaptation by Andrew Davies of Shakespeare’s Othello. London’s black population is angry when a black man has died in police custody and it becomes politically expedient to...
Animated short. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing". The lines inspired animator Jacques Giraldeau to dwell on man’s passion for life, and his propensity to destroy...
ROMEO & JULIET is a collage motion graphics animation incorporating on-line images, gouache paintings, watercolour, and photography, It offers a re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic told with sea...
Fiction film. The first filmed version of Hamlet to be produced in England. For a detailed account of the complicated provenance of this film see Ball, especially pp.318-20.
An abbreviated version of the play. Ball finds the picture disappointing, commenting on the poorly handled crowd scenes, unnecessary invented action, and primitive photography and acting.
Feature film. A remake of the 1921 film also starring Matheson Lang (see separate entry). ‘This version boasts considerably better photography, but otherwise is very ponderous and plain. Nor did they go to...
Fiction film of The Merchant of Venice directed by Henri Desfontaines with Harry Baur as Shylock. The film greatly abbreviates the play and omits the Jessica subplot and other incidents. Ball comments ‘The...
Act I, iv and Act III ii from King Lear enacted by players from the Young Vic Company with a thirty second introduction by Ronald Howard.
Feature film about working class barrowman redeemed by the love of a good woman. Bill, the bloke, decides to reform his drinking and gambling ways after he has been jailed for hitting a policeman during a...
Feature film adaptation of the play. An attempt to unite Shakespeare with the Italian neo-realist school of film-making, with attractive location photography, and naturalistic crowd scenes. The text is...
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