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Sunday 23 April 1989 commemorates 425 years since the birth of William Shakespeare. Dr Levi Fox, director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, takes Norman Painting on a tour of Stratford-upon-Avon’s most...
Television documentary. Coverage from Stratford-upon-Avon of the birthday celebrations including the Unfurling of the Flags of all Nations, and later the arrival of HRH, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
Special episode on the international significance of Shakespeare. Presenter Harriett Gilbert meets South African actress Janet Suzman and other prominent members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in...
Part of a summer holiday series broadcast for children, this BBC radio programme encompasses ‘Songs from Shakespeare, ‘A Rustic Rehearsal’ in which Bottom et al prepare Pyramus and Thisbe for...
Religious service from Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on the occasion of thanksgiving for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. The preacher is Dr Coggan, Archbiship of York in the...
Travelogue. Scenes of Stratford-on-Avon. Shakespeare’s birthplace. School. Anne Hathaway’s cottage, exterior and interior. "The Memorial Theatre before its destruction by fire - and as it stands to-day"....
Documentary. Filmed on location in Stratford-upon-Avon, explores the house, places and people linked to Shakespeare’s life, including the birthplace, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, Mary Arden’s house,...
Newsreel item on the Saint George’s Day procession through Stratford-upon-Avon, 23rd April 1915. The procession, led by the Mayor and Mr George Benson, winds through the streets to lay a wreath on...
Newsreel item. Scenes inside and outside the fire-damaged Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. "Destroyed at Stratford-on-Avon in its Jubilee Year." The damaged building. "But nothing can...
British silent newsfilm. "Sir F Benson with pilgrims who marched from the poet’s birthplace to Stratford-on-Avon."
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