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Radio drama. Third in a series of five short plays inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets. Sonnet 73 is the inspiration behind Esther Wilson’s nocturnal tale in which old and young collide. Maxine Peake reads...
Educational broadcast. This episode of the English language series ‘English for You’ focuses on William Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon. After having established that unlike Goethe and Schiller...
A modern dress production set in Fascist Germany. Filmed on a primitive set, heavily cut, and with cutaway shots which reveal cameramen crouching in the wings. Originally broadcast on Westinghouse Studio One...
Short drama by Tom Wells with specially commissioned music by Tom Coult. The first of five dramas in response to Shakespeare’s sonnets beginning with Sonnet 29. Lee arrives late to the pop-up restaurant...
Ian Atkins televised adaptation of Robert Atkins’ ‘Bankside Players’ production who made up the cast for this studio performance of the play.
Radio drama. Fourth in a series of five short plays inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets. Sonnet 140 is the inspiration behind Lee Mattinson’s surreal tale. Drug-addled reveller Noel has bitten off...
Radio drama. The last in the series of five short plays inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets. Zodwa Nyoni is inspired by Sonnet 154. It’s 5 am and solicitor Thandie has been on call all night and browsing...
A made-for-television version of Shakespeare’s play directed by Lothar Bellag and Hanna Georgi. With Christel Bodenstein as Viola and Johanna Clas as Olivia. The music is composed by Wolfgang Pietsch.
Television arts documentary. Michael Hordern talks about the role of Prospero. He speaks of the challenges that the role presents, emphasising Prospero’s humility and compassion. He fears the dangers of...
Television documentary series. Dame Peggy Ashcroft is interviewed by David Jones on the stage of the Aldwych Theatre and in the studio about her acting career and her views on the profession. Includes clips...