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3-Disc set. A trilogy of plays written by Alan Ayckbourn in 1973 and adapted by Thames Television for broadcast in 1977. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different...
The Renaissance Theatre Company production of Twelfth Night first staged at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith and directed for the stage by Kenneth Branagh. A wintry studio setting determines the tone for...
Actors who have played Hamlet discuss why they perceive the role as a benchmark in their careers. The programme includes stills and film extracts from performances by Olivier, Richard Burton and Mel Gibson.
Television programme. An irreverent look at Shakespeare’s Hamlet with contributions from actors, many of them American. At one point John Sessions and Kenneth Branagh perform the ‘to be, or not to be,...
The Renaissance Theatre Company production of the play with Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond in the title roles.
Radio arts review series. Later in the month BBC Radio 3 will broadcast Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Presenter Paul Allen looks ahead to the event with Kenneth Branagh, director Glyn...
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...
A DVD collection of four Shakespeare productions from Thames Television previously released as individual video cassettes. The 4-DVD set comprises ROMEO AND JULIET (1976) directed Joan Kemp-Welch with Ann...
Full text radio version of the play. A co-production between Radio 3 and the Renaissance Theatre Company directed by Kenneth Branagh and Glyn Dearman. With Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond in the title...
Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play by John Powell. With Paul Daneman in the title role and Ian McKellen as Lord Hastings; Judi Dench plays Lady Anne. With music composed by Steve Race and played by the...
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