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The premiere of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (1935) at the Warner Beverly theatre in Beverly Hills. and behind-the-scenes production footage with shots between takes of many cast members. Includes footage of...
Newsfilm. Footage of the set of 5 postage stamps which will commemorate Shakespeare’s 400th birthday when the National Shakespeare Festival opens on April 23rd. Also footage of the stamps designer David...
Backstage footage at the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis during a production of The Winter’s Tale. Shows rehearsals in ‘street’ clothes and the dress rehearsal. There is also footage of the Guthrie staff...
A compilation of footage from previous Open University programmes to mark the opening of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Features behind-the-scenes footage of Fiona Shaw’s production of King Lear and an...
Television programme and production footage. Derek Jacobi is interviewed by Brian Holland in front of a small studio audience in which he discusses his background, his role in the BBC production of I...
Instructional film which considers how Shakespeare’s work is relevant to contemporary audiences quoting from several plays to indicate the phrases and expressions still used today. Includes footage of...
Documentary on the life and work of choreographer José Limón. Includes footage of Clay Taliaferro, a notable performer of the role of Othello in The Moor’s Pavane, restaging and rehearsing the dance with...
A film tribute to William Shakespeare, made for the Overseas Departments in connection with the quartercentenary celebrations. Spoken extracts from Shakespeare works (read by Stephen Murray) are blended with...
Producer and director Joseph Papp is interviewed by Beverly Sills about his career and the development of the New York Shakespeare Festival and public theatre. Papp discusses his belief that theatre should...
Feature film. A recording of a St James’s Theatre production with Matheson Lang as Shylock.