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Podcast series. In this penultimate edition of the series, husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss Shakespeare’s The Tempest and how it explores colonialism, family dynamics, the passage of time and...
Adapting Shakespeare is no mean feat. Three writers who’ve survived to tell the tale reflect on their experiences of tackling Macbeth, Hamlet and The Winter’s Tale.
An adaptation of Romeo and Juliet radically interpreting the text, while preserving the verse. Set in a futuristic Verona, the film uses shock cuts, speeded-up trick motion, and a rock music score. Leonardo...
The second track on a collection of variety sketches by Viennese cabaret artist, writer, actor, director Karl Farkas (1893-1971) focuses on the fate of great works of art, such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The...
Full cast audio comedy series about an organisation that helps people disappear. In this episode, members of the RSC in a production of Hamlet, forced to stay in character throughout, get in touch with the...
Morris Schreiber discusses Shakespeare’s art, characterisation, depth, themes, language, and significance for contemporary times.
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. Includes a brief routine from comedian Sammy Shore who imitates Elvis Presley acting Shakespeare. [Sadly, no further information known (5/2007)].
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2004 production of Macbeth. Directed by Dominic Cooke with Greg Hicks and Ruth Gemmell as the Macbeths.
Edwin Burr Pettet from Brandeis University discusses styles of acting and parodies Hamlet’s ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy as it might have been delivered by Alleyn, Garrick, Kemble, Irving, Leslie...
Scenes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet adapted for radio by Donald Davies. With Murray Carrington in the title role. The music is performed by the Cardiff Station Trio with George Pizzey (baritone).
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