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John Gielgud, in conversation with John Miller, looks back on his early career, the other artists who influenced him, and his partnerships with Oliver, Richardson, Wolfit, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft and Edith...
Part 1: The Congress. A radio documentary introducing the 1st World Shakespeare Congress in Vancouver, August 1971 documented by Joan Coldwell. (a) Prof. Roy Daniells, University of British Columbia,...
Feature film based on the life of the eighteenth-century actress Peg Woffington. Born in Dublin, she came to London and became a famous actress under David Garrick’s guidance. She suffered from a weak...
Two papers given during the First World Shakespeare Congress, held in Vancouver, B.C. Prof. G.R. Hibbard, University of Waterloo, discusses Shakespeare’s use of dramatic poetry and the duality of his...
A video recording of the Sulayman al-Bassam Theatre’s production of Richard III with Fayez Kazak as King Richard. The production was commissioned for the Complete Works Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon....
Feature film. ‘Comedy based on the characters created by Bruce Bairnsfather. Old Bill, in the trenches during the First World War, eats tinned lobster and dreams that he and his friends travel back in time...
Television drama about the relationship, on and off screen, of Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell who played Harold and Albert Steptoe in the television sitcom STEPTOE AND SO written by Ray Galton and...
Feature film. An operatic version of The Merry Wives of Windsor. The lyrics are by Willy Dehmel.
Walton’s opera relayed live from the Royal Opera House, London, in a production by Opera North, performed by English Northern Philharmonia, conductor Richard Hickox. The broadcast is presented by James...
A film charting British history since Roman times, made especially for the Millennium Dome in London. In the Shakespeare sketch at a 1999 New Year’s Eve dinner party given by Edmund Blackadder for old...
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