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Fiction short written and directed by Aaron Hendren. No information on content known (4/2008).
Fiction short. A Shakespearean actor loses his part as the manager feels that he is too old. Helping a beggar in the street he is surprised to see how much money the beggar has made. Unable to get new work...
Regional television news item. Black actor Don Warrington is playing Mark Antony at the Nottingham Playhouse. The MACE catalogue entry states this is the first time a black actor has played the role. There...
Short film. Adaptation by Hugh Cruttwell of Anton Chekhov’s one-act play Kalchas. A ageing actor wakes up in his dressing room long after the play has ended and walks on to the stage where he meets his...
Radio play. Actor Robert Reynolds, known as Pickleherring, reminisces about his life as a boy actor in Shakespeare’s company, in Jonathan Broadbent’s adaptation of Robert Nye’s novel.
Actor Robert Stephens and writer Kathy Lette discuss the character of Iago. Stephens believes that Iago is not Shakespeare’s greatest villain and to play him well the actor must empathise with his...
Radio comedy series written by Paul Mayhew-Archer about actor Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair) who is trying to make it in the business. In this episode (1 of series 2), Wilson (despite his Scottish...
Actress Sheila Hancock and Guildhall drama students Xanthe Gresham and Peter Wingfield explore the craft of the actor. This episode focuses on Shakespeare. With instruction from actor Ian McKellen. Includes...
British Pathe newsfilm item. Preparations for, and scenes from, a production of Macbeth at the Minack Cliff Theatre, an open-air theatre in Porthcurno, Cornwall which opened in 1932. Includes shots of the...
Short. Drama set in a provincial repertory theatre where a production of Macbeth is taking place.
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