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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...
Morris Schreiber discusses Shakespeare’s art, characterisation, depth, themes, language, and significance for contemporary times.
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 video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2004 production of Macbeth. Directed by Dominic Cooke with Greg Hicks and Ruth Gemmell as the Macbeths.
Neil Aldrich recites Shakespeare’s sonnets, and other works, speculating about the recitative convention employed in the 17th century. The delivery is rap-like, very different from the performance norm....
Sexploitation movie. Eve Lorraine (Wiley) is a stripper who learns that she may be heiress to a fortune, but her life as a stripper threatens the inheritance. To acquire cultural credibility she studies...
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...
Video recording of Richard Rose’s 1998 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. David Jansen is Proteus and Graham Abbey is Valentine.
Video recording of the modern-dress production by the Almeida Theatre Company. Directed for stage by Jonathan Kent with Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus.
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...
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