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Unworthy Scaffold, An (1972 Film, Video)

aka: Theatre in Shakespeare’s Time, The

Director

Piers Jessop

Producer

John Seabourne

Traces the development of the English theatre from the miracle and morality plays of the Middle Ages, then illustrates the design of the Elizabethan theatre. Burbage’s Theatre was built in 1576 at...

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Christmas Afternoon (1955 Television)

Director

Bob Paynter; Joe Mendoza

Programme of music, conversations and sketches devised by John Irwin on the theme ‘Nothing Interests As Much As Other People’. Includes film, introduced by Peter Brook, of the recent visit to Moscow of...

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Twelfth Night (1939 Television)

Producer

Michel Saint-Denis; Bronson James Albery

Television broadcast of Bronson’s production of the play. Relayed live from the Phoenix Theatre, London, with Peggy Ashcroft as Viola and Michael Redgrave as Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

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Shakespeare: A Mirror to Man (1971 Film)

Series

Western Civilisation: Majesty and Madness

Director

Ian Brims

Instructional programme. Eileen Atkins and Brian Cox introduce scenes from Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello. They play all the roles, changing costumes and make-up. Between scenes they give...

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Hamlet (1956 Television)

Director

Peter Brook

Television production of Hamlet, heavily abridged. Directed by Peter Brook with Paul Scofield as Hamlet. The Phoenix Theatre, London stage production went out live from a studio; it was thought that such a...

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