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Lecture on cultural appropriation by Wally Hurst presented at the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Conference in Oakland, California. It looks at how important Shakespeare’s work was in the development of...
The second of four stories in the newsfilm. "WAR ENTERTAINMENTS: A large number of wounded soldiers were entertained by a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Hanover Lodge, Regent’s Park".
Actor and US Army veteren, William Wolfert sheds examines the spoken words of soldiers in Shakespeare’s texts in order to shed light on how war affects men and women who serve. This exploration is the...
Recording of a live streamed seminar held in Italy but spoken in English, featuring Professor Arturo Cattaneo and moderated by Valentina Foschi. Cattaneo focuses on the versions of Henry V made by Laurence...
Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Brett Usher, directed by Walter Acosta, starring David Schofield as Henry. No further information available (12/2008).
Feature film. On the eve of World War II in Athens, a group of young people have established a theatrical group, planning to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The outbreak of war, however, changes...
Feature film adapted from Michael Gilbett’s 1952 novel ‘Death in Captivity’, based on his experiences as a POW in Italy during the Second World War. In the book the play being produced is Rudolf...
First in a radio drama series in which eight plays from different playwrights have been selected for their portrayal of the impact of warfare. Shakespeare’s Henry V was chosen since the play, "with all its...
Recording of a lecture by Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) looking at Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 wartime satire TO BE OR NOT TO BE (qv), analysing how it uses speeches from Shakespeare’s...
Radio broadcast, Writer Robert McCrum goes to America to assess Shakespeare’s appeal. In Nashville he watched Henry V set during the Civil War.Composer Stephen Sondheim and actor Alec Baldwin contribute....
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