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Traces the development of the English theatre from the miracle and morality plays of the Middle Ages, then illustrates the design of the Elizabethan theatre. Burbage’s Theatre was built in 1576 at...
Live sound recording of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Judi Dench with Kenneth Branagh as Benedict and Samantha Bond as Beatrice.
Television version of the play staged for the Phoenix Theatre by Stuart Vaughan and directed for television by Worthington Miner. Donald Davis is King Henry.
Programme of music, conversations and sketches devised by John Irwin on the theme ‘Nothing Interests As Much As Other People’. Includes film, introduced by Peter Brook, of the recent visit to Moscow of...
Video recording of The Peter Hall Company’s production of The Merchant of Venice with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock.
Television broadcast of Bronson’s production of the play. Relayed live from the Phoenix Theatre, London, with Peggy Ashcroft as Viola and Michael Redgrave as Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
Documentary showing the work of the Century Theatre Company as they tour the north-west of England in their mobile playhouse. Includes rehearsals for a production of Twelfth Night in Richmond, North...
Live sound recording of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Hamlet directed by Derek Jacobi with Kenneth Branagh in the title role.
Instructional programme. Eileen Atkins and Brian Cox introduce scenes from Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello. They play all the roles, changing costumes and make-up. Between scenes they give...
Live sound recording of As You Like It directed by Geraldine McEwan with Tam Hoskyns as Rosalind and Kenneth Branagh as Touchstone.
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