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Actors who have played Hamlet discuss why they perceive the role as a benchmark in their careers. The programme includes stills and film extracts from performances by Olivier, Richard Burton and Mel Gibson.
A 2 disc DVD of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which contains the ‘50 Years on Stage’ live gala performance and the two part Arena documentary on the history of the National...
Live sound recording of David Jones’ 1967 production of As You Like It with Dorothy Tutin as Rosalind and Michael Williams as Orlando.
Live sound recording of Trevor Nunn’s 1967 production of The Taming of the Shrew with Michael Williams as Petruchio and Janet Suzman as Katharina.
Video recording of Jonathan Miller’s 1989 production of King Lear for the Old Vic with Eric Porter in the title role.
A live sound recording of Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Alan Howard as Theseus/Oberon and Sara Kestelman as Hippolyta/Titania.
In anticipation of his own stage Hamlet in 2011, Michael Sheen looks back at the rich archive of Hamlets from the theatre, cinema and radio archives, starting with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1908 and...
A National Theatre recording, on a single fixed camera, of the 1998 National Theatre production directed by Sean Mathias and designed by Tim Hatley. Alan Rickman as Antony and Helen Mirren as Cleopatra.