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Educational videotape. Attempts to recreate the Elizabethan theatre through the staging of scenes from Hamlet. Contrasts styles of playing with excerpts from performances by Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud,...
A personal introduction to the play by Bob Peck, who played Iago in the 1980 Royal Shakespeare Company production. With excerpt performances by Paul Robeson, Paul Scofield, Nicol Williamson and Hannah Gordon.
Complete performance of the play with Paul Scofield as Othello and Nicol Williamson as Iago.
Television documentary. Derek Jacobi presents the programme which looks at the scheme to build a replica of the Globe Theatre on Bankside. Follows the early stages of the project and the activities of its...
Feature Western film in which critics have seen the influence of the Gloucester sub-plot in King Lear. The patriach, Donald Crisp, is worried about his kingdom (cattle ranch) and, like Gloucester, he is...
An exploration of Shakespeare’s most famous character Hamlet, introduced by Sir John Gielgud with excerpts from the screen interpretations of Laurence Olivier, John Barrymore, Nicol Williamson, Maximilian...
Live sound recording of Peter Gill’s 1975 production of Twelfth Night for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Jane Lapotaire as Viola and John Price as Orsino. Nicol Williamson is Malvolio.
Topical magazine show presented by Eamonn Andrews. Shows Marianne Faithfull rehearsing her role as Ophelia with Nicol Williamson as Hamlet. The television programme was recorded on stage at the Roundhouse.
Full-length stereophonic radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced by John Tydeman. With Paul Scofield in the title role and Nicol Williamson as Iago; Rosalind Shanks plays Desdemona.
Live sound recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1972 production of Coriolanus directed by Trevor Nunn with co-direction from Buzz Goodbody and Euan Smith. Nicol Williamson is Coriolanus.
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