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Newsfilm item. A royal visit to Stratford-upon-Avon. King Edward VII, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret visit Stratford-on-Avon for the first time. The royal party is greeted by Lord Iliffe and shown...
Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts the New London Orchestra and the BBC Singers.
Television polemic. Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier’s position as the pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, arguing that his performances are all show and no substance. This belief is compromised by...
A Shakespeare Recording Society with Anthony Quayle and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as the Macbeth.
Last of a four-part programme prepared by by Anthony Lewis showcasing the music of English Baroque composer John Blow. This episode focuses on Blow’s miniature opera that is based on the classical fable of...
Feature film. Adaptation by Boris Pasternak. Sometimes imaginative, sometimes stolid, the production takes every opportunity to get out of the studio. Sergei Bondarchuk is Othello.
A recording of the National Theatre production, directed by John Dexter, restyled somewhat for film, but retaining much of its ‘staginess’, Olivier doing little to adapt his towering and extravagant...
Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts The Boyd Neel Orchestra and The BBC Singers.
Special episode in a British sitcom created by Johnnie Mortimer about two feuding ex-business partners and neighbours Simon Peel (Donald Sinden) and Windsor Davies (Olive Smallbridge) broadcast at the end of...
Video recording of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival’s 2014 staging of Antony and Cleopatra with Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh in the title roles.
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