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Loreena McKennit’s album includes ‘Prospero’s Last Speech’ where McKennitt sings the epilogue. The song can be listened to on the Amazon.com site.
Computer animation. Naked Rabbit presents Act II sc ii of Hamlet acted by cats, with Hamlet being an impression of Charlton Heston. The show is introduced from a study by Frasier Tomcat, a spoof on Alistair...
Radio broadcast. Verdi’s opera with Placido Domingo in the title role. The National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus are conducted by James Levine. Acts I & II only.
Harold Bloom lectures on Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra and Othello.
Anthology horror series based on the EC comic books published by William Gaines in the 1950s. In this episode an out-of-luck actor (Lovitz), who doesn’t have ‘the look’, auditions for Hamlet to find...
Feature film based on Mark Twain’s novel with Mickey Rooney as Huck. Douglas Lanier in Shakespeares After Shakespeare (entry 1120) notes that this is the only film version of Twain’s novel which includes...
Gounod’s opera directed by Yves-André Hubert with Neil Shicoff and Barbara Hendricks in the title roles.
US comedy short series about the adventures of a group of poor neighbourhood children. Spanky is entered into a kid’s talent contest by his pushy mother who brags about Spanky’s ability to recite...
Independent short. 1967. A young student struggles to write a screenplay that will combine STAR WARS with SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.
A greatly simplified re-telling of the Romeo and Juliet story with a happy ending. In the mountains of Thailand, two young monkeys from rival factions fall in love. The film narrates (Tim Hopper), through...