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Feature film loosely based on Shakespeare’s play which was praised for its lavish costumes, spectacular sets, and ambitious special effects.
Fiction film loosely based on contemporary accounts of a barnstorming theatrical troupe travelling through the north of England and the Scottish borders. at the end of the 19th century,They are seen...
Educational film. Two mothers wonder if there is a place in the education system for their two sons. Isaac Larsen and Willie Smith have Down syndrome. The boys are admitted to a "regular" elementary school...
Discusses Shakespeare’s play.
By showing Londoners of various occupations visiting the Globe theatre during Elizabethan times, the film reveals the social life of the age, which is then related to the writings of Sir Thomas More, Richard...
An American public information/educational film in which African-American actor Rick Jones, wearing Elizabethan costume, warns young people against taking drugs. The transcript is: ‘Life is a precious...
The play’s theme of ‘poison’ is explored, both in the physical sense of the three poisoning episodes, and in the figurative sense of subtly spreading corruption and evil.
Video lecture by Peter Garino (Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Project of Chicago) including film clips from various adaptations of the play featuring Christopher Plummer, Laurence Olivier, Kenneth...
This scene comprises part of the video compilation ‘Theatrical Motions Pictures from the Paper Print Collection’ of the Library Congress. Shot by cameraman G W Bitzer in New York City on 15 July 1905,...
Shows how a repertory company at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, mounted a production of Romeo and Juliet in five weeks. Traces the progress of the production from ideas to drawings, then into the workshop...
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