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Parkinson [12/01/1980] (1980 Television)

Series

Parkinson

Director

John Hughes

Producer

John Fisher

Chat show hosted by Michael Parkinson. Jonathan Miller is the first guest and talks for c17 minutes. He states that he prefers directing plays and operas to performing. He directed A Midsummer Night’s...

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South Bank Show, The [06/01/1980] (1980 Television)

aka: Hamlet Wolfe Stalks American Culture

Series

South Bank Show, The

Director

Bob Bee; Geoff Dunlop

Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. In the second part of the programme (c25mins) Jonathan Pryce and director Richard Eyre talk about the staging of Hamlet at London’s Royal Court Theatre,...

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Jack Benny Program, The [01/11/1936] (1936 Radio)

aka: Doc Benny’s Minstrels - Romeo and Juliet

Series

Jack Benny Program, The

Director

Hilliard Marks

Radio variety show. This episode parodies Cukor’s feature film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) using the balcony scene with verbal gags and slapstick business to parody and comment on the high-minded tone of the...

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Sonnet Day on BBC Radio 3 (2009 Radio)

As part of the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s sonnets, 14 sonnets are read by Sir Ian McKellen as drop-ins through the day’s programmes, starting off with the 7am BREAKFAST...

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American Ballet Theatre, A Shakespeare Festival [28/01/2007] (2007 Video)

Series

Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Producer

Mary Sharp Cronson; Kevin McKenzie

Wes Chapman, Ballet Master for American Ballet theatre, moderates a panel discussion about Lar Lubovitch’s ballet, Othello. Panelists include Lubovitch and Kevin McKenzie, Artistic Director of the American...

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Tempest, The (2014 Video)

Director

Ethan McSweeny

Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2014 production of The Tempest directed by Ethan McSweeny. Geraint Wyn Davies is Prospero. Videotaped for WAPAVA by Lee Roc.

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People’s Romeo (2010 Radio)

Series

Weekend Bengali

Radio music and entertainment programme in Bengali. Director Mukul Ahmed talks to presenter Mahbub Hussain about a new theatre production, People’s Romeo, which weaves together Shakespeare’s verse and...

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Woman’s Hour [27/01/2011] (2011 Radio)

Series

Woman’s Hour

Director

Jenni Murray

Radio programme presented by Jenni Murray. In this edition Professor Tony Howard and Kathryn Hunter talk to Jenni Murray about women who have played the role of Hamlet. Tony Howard talks about HAMLET and...

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Muppet Show, The [22/01/1978] (1978 Television)

Series

Muppet Show, The

Director

Philip Casson; Peter Harris

Producer

Jim Henson

This edition includes an episode of Veterinarian Hospital (a parody of a soap opera) enacted by Miss Piggy and others which contains appalling Shakespearean puns and references throughout e.g. NURSE PIGGY:...

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Twelfth Night: The Play Itself (1959 Television)

Series

For Schools

Director

Roger Jenkins

Television schools production. The play was broadcast in the schools slot following the eight-part series TWELFTH NIGHT (21/01/1959-11/03/1959) which discussed various aspects of the play with performances...

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