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Eight illustrated lectures by distinguished scholars who consider the background to Shakespeare’s plays: Shakespeare’s theatre; Shakespeare as listener and reader, Shakespeare’s text; Shakespeare’s...
Excerpts from Shakespeare’s sonnets read by Richard Pasco.
Independent low-budget feature film. A contemporary adaptation of Hamlet, retaining Shakespeare’s verse, and set in an urban, alienating Dublin.
Radio broadcast of a performance of Henry V produced by Howard Rose. Actors include Margaret Halstan, Bruce Belfrage, Colleen Clifford and Philip Wade.
Feature film. On a plane bound for Paris, a successful radio actress (Barbara Krafftowna) recalls the night in 1939 when she was to debut as Ophelia, with the man she loved playing Hamlet (Zbigniew...
Radio broadcast. A shortened version of Shakespeare’s play arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. With Godfrey Tearle as Macbeth and Flora Robson as Lady Macbeth. The music, played by the BBC Variety...
Experimental version of Hamlet directed by Oscar Redding with Richard Pyros in the title role.
Complete performance by the Old Vic Company, with Derek Jacobi in the title role.
Feature film based on Othello. Set against the background of the Theyyam festival in North Kerala. Kannan Perumalayn and Thamara, the daughter of the village head, fall in love and elope, Thamara defying her...
Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, with Richard Johnson as Othello and Ian Holm as Iago.
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