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Short film in which the protagonist, Jonathan, suffers from morbid attacks of jealousy. Trying not to end like Othello, he forces himself to believe in his Desdemona’s declarations of love. The film, which...
Experimental and unfinished film using the same ‘Chant of Ariel’ extract, spoken by John Gielgud, from The Tempest which Lye used in his 1935 film of the same title.
Film based on Hamlet. No further information known (12/2007).
Television arts documentary. Documentary on the film-maker Peter Greenaway with special reference to PROSPERO’S BOOKS. The programme covers Greenaway’s approach to film-making and narrative, showing how...
Slovak newsfilm. A printing factory in Bratislava where a hundred thousand copies of Shakespeare’s complete works are being made ready for shipment.
Fiction film of Macbeth directed by Heinz Schall and adapted by Fritz Kaufmann and Eugen Klöpfer. No further details known.
Feature film comedy about a former bank clerk (Lyons) who takes a job as a film extra and is accidentally made a star by a famous director and becomes a victim of the studio’s publicity machine. A satire...
Fiction film. A cleaning lady is given the job of finding a horse for an actor playing Richard III; she provides him instead with a donkey.
Fiction film. The content of the film has not been discovered but it is believed to contain a play-within-a-play element as several of the actors had dual roles. The running time is unknown.
Feature film. A comedic melodrama telling the story of a love triangle between a vaudeville knife-thrower, his target girl and a hammy Shakespearean actor.
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