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Television documentary made exclusively for BBC Knowledge. Richard Eyre examines Shakespeare’s contribution to literature and talks to renowned actors about their interpretations of his work. Peter Hall...
Scenes from Shakespeare read by a variety of actors extracted from earlier recordings of full performances made for HarperCollins. Tracks include: The Merchant of Venice (IV i), Romeo and Juliet (II ii),...
Radio programme on the speaking of Shakespeare’s verse. Samantha Bond examines whether there is a ‘right way’ of speaking Shakespeare’s dramatic verse. Besides consulting Judi Dench, she interviews...
Second in a 3-part series examining Shakespeare in performance. Devised and produced by John Powell, the programmes are compiled with recordings from the Sound Archives featuring voices and opinions of...
Radio talk by T. S. Gregory, President of the Aquinas Society and Editor of the Dublin Review, who regards Hamlet primarily as a play about acting. According to the Radio Times programme notes, Gregory holds...
Radio adaptation of the play by M. R. Ridley. The production was broadcast on the Third Programme as part of a sequence of Shakespeare’s histories. With Stephen Murray as Richard. Produced by Val Gielgud....
Leslie Hurry produced the stage designs for some 60 plays, operas and ballets between 1942 and his death in 1978. His first commission was Robert Helpmann’s ballet Hamlet and as a designer for the Royal...
A record of a benefit evening for The Shakespeare Guild. The Golden Quill representing the 1999 Sir John Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts is presented to Judi Dench. The ceremony, hosted by...
Complete performance with Ian Holm as Henry V.
Last episode of a 26-part serialisation of the Elizabethan history play (encompassing the reign of Edward II to Henry VI), adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins. This episode, based on Shakespeare’s Henry...
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