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This chillingly dark comedy, based on the 1965 stage play by David Halliwell, was filmed in bleak, wintry Oldham in 1974 and has rarely been seen in almost 40 years. Expelled art student Scrawdyke leads his...
A podcast lecture series focusing on a single play by Shakespeare, and employing a range of different approaches to try to understand a central critical question about it. Rather than providing overarching...
A panel discussion, moderated by Bill Buford, on Shakespeare’s tragedies and their continuing relevance. Director Matthew Warchus discusses his modern-dress production of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare...
A video recording of Michel Docekal’s production of The Merchant of Venice. The role of Portia is played by David Prachar. No further details known (12/2007).
Radio broadcast. Matt Lucas explores Shakespeare’s comedies and examines whether they have an influence on current humour. Today we interpret comedy from a different perspective than 400 years ago - comedy...
Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles, playing Rosalind in the BBC’s 1978 production of the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It. She shares her thoughts on the potential that...
A hip-hop version of Othello staged by the Q Brothers from Chicago as part of the Globe to Globe season. "This version, updated by the Q Brothers, best known for their 2003 hip-hop adaptation of The Comedy...
A video recording of Jan Nebesky’s production of Hamlet first staged in 1994. In this production Hamlet disguises himself in female dress.
Feature film. A female buddy-film action comedy. Two very different women (one bold and brassy, the other a prissy snob) meet at auditions at an acting class given by an eminent Russian director. The two...
Feature film arising from the SCTV television comedy sketch series. Oafish, lager-swilling brothers, Bob and Doug, secure a job at Elsinore Brewery where something is rotten. The brewery is managed by...
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