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Swedish feature film about relationships in a retirement home starring well-known Bergman actors Jan Malmsjo, Ghita Norby and Erland Josephson. Retired theatre director Walter tries to get erstwhile stage...
Terry Hands, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is interviewed about his career, with particular reference to the financial difficulties which had dogged the Company in years prior to the...
Documentary. Did Shakespeare create King Lear for the purpose of educating his audience on the issues of ageing, retirement, and ultimately death? A retired English professor and a group of his friends...
Television production of Edward Bond’s stage play. Set in 1615 it shows an aged and weary Shakespeare in retirement in Stratford. He is disillusioned, pondering on life and fame and seeing nothing but...
A three-part series which spoofs Shakespeare’s plays in a modern setting. The first episode series includes the sketches ‘Taming of the Bitch’ - a marriage counsellor helps a young couple overcome...
Radio series in which contemporary writers reflect on the theme of Jaques’s ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech in the form of dramatic monologues. The last episode is a repeat broadcast of a play for one...
Canadian drama series detailing daily life at the New Burbage Theatre Festival, a Shakespearean theatre company in crisis. In the third season, struggling with the unfamiliar burdens of success, the New...
Second episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff, Sybil Thorndike as Mistress...
Fourth episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as...
Third episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff, Sybil Thorndike as Mistress...
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