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Feature film. Rex Whittington (Heggie) is an ageing and alcoholic Shakespearean actor, depressed after being offered only a spear-carrier role in a movie. When he is arrested his loving niece, Ginger,...
Selections from the sonnets and the plays read by Edith Evans, John Gielgud, and Margaret Leighton and performed at Philharmonic Hall in New York City on March 15th and March 29th, 1964. Contents: Sonnets,...
A short film about the character of Sir John Falstaff with performances of scenes from Verdi’s Falstaff with Geraint Evans and Regina Resnik, in the roles of Falstaff and Mistress Quickly, at the New York...
A made-for-television adaptation of The Frog Prince. In the comic fairy tale Prince John (Maguire) and his squire (Short) are turned into frogs and 500 years later find themselves in New York City where the...
Video recording of the production of Macbeth directed for stage by Moises Kaufman and for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker. Liev Schreiber is Macbeth and Jennifer Ehle is Lady Macbeth.
US lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) television newsmagazine. This edition is hosted by Katherine Linton with guest John Waters. Includes an interview with Daniel Shore and Greg Shamie playing...
Reality television documentary hosted by Kristin Chenoweth on the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s 2008 production of Twelfth Night. Follows the main actors through all the real off-stage drama as they...
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. This episode includes includes an extract (5 min 45 secs) in which Orson Welles (in costume and make-up) performs Lear’s speech from IV, vii (`You do me wrong to take...
Selections from Acts II and III of Verdi’s Otello sung by Francesco Valentino (Iago). The singer taking the role of Otello has not been found. Conducted by Giuseppe Bamboschek. The programme is hosted by...
Feature film following five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. The film opens with Diana (Close), a famous actress, giving a master class in Shakespeare to a group of Juilliard drama...
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