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A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1990 production of Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Bill Alexander with Roger Allam as Benedick and Susan Fleetwood as...
The second track on a collection of variety sketches by Viennese cabaret artist, writer, actor, director Karl Farkas (1893-1971) focuses on the fate of great works of art, such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The...
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. Includes a brief routine from comedian Sammy Shore who imitates Elvis Presley acting Shakespeare. [Sadly, no further information known (5/2007)].
A collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets read by actors, and songs inspired by the sonnets. The many performers include John Gielgud, Annie Lennox, Richard Attenborough, Peter Barkworth, Bryan Ferry, Kenneth...
Video recording of Rebecca Bayla Taichman’s 2007 modern dress production of The Taming of the Shrew for the Shakespeare Theatre Company with Charlayne Woodard as Katherina and Christopher Innvar as...
US comedy variety show hosted by Steve Allen. In an eight minute excerpt Orson Welles outlines the plot of Othello with the aid of several sketches (drawings) of key scenes. He then proceeds to apply make-up...
A practical guide to fighting with a rapier and a dagger. It also chronicles the advent of the civilian duel and looks at its different styles, including twelve costumed fights from a variety of periods. The...
Video recording of David William’s 1992 production of The Tempest for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Alan Scarfe is Prospero.
US sitcom about a group of seven castaways. Famous Hollywood producer Harold Hecuba, (Silvers, the guest star) arrives on the island. To impress him the castaways mount a musical version of Hamlet. The play...
German television production of Othello directed by George Tabori. Gert Voss is Othello and Ignaz Kirchner plays Iago.
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