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Music-hall entertainer Bransby Williams filmed enacting scenes of a character from youth to old age. Williams had enjoyed a stage success with this performance.
Benjamin Zephaniah and Rowan Williams share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Zephaniah recalls playing Puck for Sam Wanamaker while Williams discusses Macbeth.
Radio programme showcasing a selection of English composers who set Shakespeare’s text to music. The selection is comprised of Arne’s ‘Where the bee sucks’, G. A. Macfarren’s ‘When daisies...
Television specialist knowledge quiz show hosted by Johnny Ball. Contestants research the chosen subject of their opponent. In this episode an expert on Shakespeare is in competition with a Robbie Williams...
Late-night music/comedy series. In this episode, in a sketch entitled ‘Improv Hamlet’ and set in the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare (Lovitz)) is told that Richard Burbage has been replaced by another actor...
A special in the comedy and music series hosted by Carol Burnett. Includes a brief sketch in which Carl Reiner and Robin Williams have a backstage talk which leads to a parody of Shakespeare with Reiner...
Educational videotape. George Walton Williams traces the development of theatrical playing areas in England before Shakespeare, demonstrating with a model of the Swan Theatre how certain scenes in...
George Walton Williams analyses the themes of loving and hating in the play illustrated from various productions of the plays.
Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Includes a 10-minute interview with dramatists Roy Williams and Rona Munro, both of whom were commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to write a...
George Walton Williams demonstrates how the imagery of Othello allows the reader/audience to observe the way in which Iago ‘poisons’ Othello’s mind.
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