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Fiction short. A modern reworking of Othello. Ejnar and Maria are husband and wife and both actors in a forthcoming production of Othello. The plot revolves around jealously, disguise and revenge when Ejnar...
Fiction short. `...as fine an example of the producer’s skill as we have seen. The management of the riotous crowds, the costly splendour of the costumes, and the perfectly artistic spirit in which the...
Romeo and Juliet with Francesca Bertini as Juliet and Gustavo Serena as Romeo.
A film of the final scene in Hamlet with Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet. The film depicts Hamlet’s body being caught by Horatio. The film also included a soundtrack (primarily of sound effects) synchronised...
Abbreviated version of the play directed by Charles Kent with Florence Turner as Viola and Charles Kent as Malvolio.
Abbreviated version of The Winter’s Tale. William Shakespeare reads the play to some friends. The story is largely the plot of the play but Autolycus is omitted and there is no pursuit of a bear. McKernan...
Fiction film version of Macbeth directed by André Calmettes with Paul Mounet and Jeanne Delvair as the Macbeths. The film owed much to theatrical convention. Ball (op cit) comments ‘Actors are forever...
Abbreviated version of the play but yet still straining to incorporate the Edgar subplot, the rejection of Cordelia, Lear’s rejection of Goneril and Regan, the blinding of Gloucester (off stage), the...
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...
A much shortened record of F.R. Benson’s production filmed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford in 1911 with Benson as King Richard. The film makes no attempt to be other than what it is, a...
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