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Short radio programme showcasing some of the music written by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius for Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Musical series featuring classical and Broadway music. This episode presents four versions of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet performed in the theatre, opera (Gounod), ballet (Prokofiev) and the...
Television version of the musical play based on the book by Cheryl L. West and adapted for the stage by West and Sheldon Epps. Twelfth Night, with an all African-American cast, is transformed into a romantic...
A musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Written by D. F. Aitken, with music by Harry Jacobson and Kenneth Leslie-Smith. Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and James Dyrenforth. Adapted for radio by...
A musical version of the play adapted by Lionel Harris and Robert MacNab. The production originally ran at the Arts Theatre Club, London in a version with added music by Julian Slade. Dennis Ringrowe is the...
First performance of Smetana’s opera fragment Viola, which is based on Twelfth Night.The music, performed by the BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, includes the overture of the opera as well as other...
Russian version of Much Ado About Nothing incorporating ballet and dance. Courtney Lehmann (op cit) writes: ‘This film is a curious hybrid that includes classical ballet interludes, a narrator figure who...
Radio programme commemorating Shakespeare’s birth. The programme is introduced by Basil Dean. John Drinkwater talks about the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Milton Rosmer recites John of Gaunt’s Speech...
Radio recording of Peter Hall’s stage production of the play at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Adapted and produced for broadcasting by Peter Dews, starring Dorothy Tutin as...
A film version of Des McAnuff’s 2011 rock musical production of Twelfth Night for the Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario. Andrea Runge is Viola. The video is directed by Barry Avrich.
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