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Melodrama. Carleton, a celebrated Shakespearian actor, is unable to cope with his success and becomes an alcoholic. His wife, Jane, finally leaves him, taking their young daughter with her. Years pass and...
Transcriptions of hour radio broadcasts. Selected by Professor G.B. Harrison and enacted by drama students at the University of Michigan. Uses scenes from Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest and...
Twelfth in a series of 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on King Lear and Timon of Athens. The series is arranged...
A programme for the Open University Culture and Belief in Europe 1450-1600 course. Actors Jeremy Irons and Michael Pennington and director David Giles show how, through rehearsals, the complex role of...
Second in a series of 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on three history plays, Henry V, Henry IV, Part 1 and...
Radio adaption of King Lear by Carl Ritchie of Robert Loper’s 1958 stage production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Narrated by Loper with Richard Graham as Lear.
Canadian comedy sketch show. The premise is that SCTV (Second City Television) is the television station for the city of Melonville. Rather than broadcast the usual TV re-run fare, the business, run by the...
Feature film comedy. Ageing Hollywood star (Burt Reynolds) signs up to play the title role in King Lear in Britain to revive his flagging career. He believes the role is part of a Royal Shakespeare Company...
A radio sequence of the play arranged for broadcasting by C. Denis Freeman. Starring Godfrey Tearle and Cathleen Nesbitt as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...
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