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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....
Sonnet 53 read in costume by Simon Callow, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr Nicholas Humphrey. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.
A section from John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet performed by the Stuttgart Ballet with Marcia Haydee and Richard Cragun in the title roles. Stewart Kershaw conducts. The section begins at the Balcony Scene...
Comedy romance feature film. James Flanagan, a 53 year-old New York cab driver, is an aspiring Shakespearean actor. He is troubled by thoughts of his father, who died of alcohol abuse when James was a...
Radio current affairs programme. This episode includes a four minute item in which Pat Marini interviews Christopher Plummer. Plummer was appearing in repertory at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare...
Video recording of Hamlet adapted and directed by Hughes Serge Limbvani with Kaf Malere in the title role. Directed for video by Antoine Kouton and Gilleslvan Frankignoul.
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. In 2015, a new musical Something Rotten! opened on Broadway. The plot: Two brothers living in England in 1595 have had their playwriting careers upended by the...
Three members of the Old Vic Theatre Company appear in scenes from Michael Benthall’s stage production of the play. Huw Wheldon presents.
Extract from a CBC radio broadcast. Duke Ellington had just completed his Shakespearean jazz suite Such Sweet Thunder which was commissioned by the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. The suite...
Video recording of Robin Phillips’ 1986 production of Cymbeline for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Eric Donkin is Cymbeline and Martha Burns is Imogen.
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