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Television comedy show hosted by Arthur Askey. This edition includes a running gag where Askey wants to prove himself a serious actor and quotes the ‘quality of mercy’ speech from The Merchant of Venice...
Radio drama written by Robert Nye and adapted from his own novel. A portrait of Shakespeare seen through the eyes of his wife, Anne Hathaway. Anne gives an account of the week she first visited William in...
American sitcom about life and love seen through the eyes of a daydreaming American teenager. In this episode Dobie and Milton audition to be the leading man in a school play. Dobie loses the audition when...
Radio broadcast. First of three interval talks in which various artists talk about their personal appreciation of Shakespeare. In this episode John Moore looks at Shakespeare through the eyes of a novelist...
Play adapted from Robert Nye’s novel. A portrait of Shakespeare seen through the eyes of his wife, Anne Hathaway. Anne gives an account of the week she first visited William in London, a tale of...
British Radio host Simon Mayo talks to Barbara Bogaev about his novel, Mad Blood Stirring, which is based on the true story of England’s first all-black production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,...
Drawing on the stimulus from Hamlet FOR THY LOVE is an adaptation of Tom Stoppard’s Fifteen Minute Hamlet. The piece portrays a range of prominent characters from the original play, exploring the hidden...
In this account of the battle of Agincourt experienced through the eyes of Pistol (Bob Hoskins), writer Peter Mottley focuses the action of the play on the minor characters of Shakespeare’s Henry V and how...
An experimental video by re-mix artist Nigel Thom. The film is 63 minutes depicting a white screen where nothing is seen and nothing happens. There is no sound. The director feels he is questioning the...
Feature film about a troupe of travelling players in Bulgaria at the turn of the twentieth century. The players give performances to the poor in rural areas; when the company becomes state-owned with a...
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