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Rest ist Schweigen, Der (1959 Film)

aka: Rest is Silence, The

Director

Helmut Kaeutner

Producer

Werner Ludwig

Feature film. A modern reworking of Hamlet set in post-war Germany. A young intellectual, John, grieves for his father whose died in mysterious circumstances. His father’s business is taken over by his...

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Voices, The (1963 Television)

Series

Spread of the Eagle, The

Director

Peter Dews

Producer

Peter Dews

Second episode of a nine-part BBC television series comprising three of Shakespeare’s Roman plays - Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra. This episode covers Acts 2-4 of Coriolanus.

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Othello (1955 Television)

Director

Tony Richardson

Producer

Tony Richardson

Earliest extant British televised production of the play with black American actor, Gordon Heath, in the title role.

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Outcast, The (1963 Television)

Series

Spread of the Eagle, The

Director

Peter Dews

Producer

Peter Dews

Third episode of a nine-part BBC television series comprising three of Shakespeare’s Roman plays - Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra. This episode covers the fifth Act of Coriolanus.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television, Video)

Director

Peter Hall

Producer

Hubbell Robinson

A version made for American television, but not transmitted, of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Charles Laughton as Bottom and Vanessa Redgrave as Helena.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television)

Director

Fletcher Markle; Peter Hall

A televised recording (although never transmitted) for NBC of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The production is prefaced by a short Prologue...

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Hero, The (1963 Television)

Series

Spread of the Eagle, The

Director

Peter Dews

Producer

Peter Dews

First episode of a nine-part BBC television series comprising three of Shakespeare’s Roman plays - Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra. This episode covers the first Act of Coriolanus.

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Arrows of Desire (3 Parts) (2002)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 25 minutes), £19.99 each

Three videos each containing four 25-minute programmes exploring the great diversity of English verse from the age of Chaucer to the present day. Traces the development of English verse through the ages,...

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Tragedy of King Richard II, The (1970 Television)

aka: Richard II

Director

Toby Robertson

Producer

Mark Shivas

Television presentation of the Prospect Theatre Company’s production of the play. A thoughtful and successful attempt to transfer a popular stage production to the televison screen. Ian McKellen gives a...

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William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (1950 Film)

aka: Julius Caesar

Director

David Bradley (2)

Producer

David Bradley (2); Owen Davis; Robert Keigher

Independent film adaptation of the play filmed on 16mm. Samuel Crowl (see review citation) believes the film to be like watching ` an experimental, fringe theatre company performance of Shakespeare where our...

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