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Commedia Dell’Arte ‘Hamlet’, A (1964 Film)

Producer

Sig Moglen; Nick Havinga

An abbreviated version of a Commedia dell’Arte Hamlet, with farce and improvised dialogue interpolated. Characters introduced into this version include Arlecchino, Captain and Doctor. Performed by Michael...

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Honey Pot, The (1967)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £19.99

The Honey Pot is based on ‘Volpone’, the play by Ben Jonson. Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he’s dying in order to find out what his three old flames will...

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Two Minutes with "Thark"

Date released

23 Aug 1927

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

325

NoS ID

331689

NoS Summary - Ralph Lynn and Tom Walls at the New Aldwych Theatre, London. British Pathe synopsis: Excerpts from the farce "Thark" at the New Aldwych Theatre in London. "This infernal old house of Thark is...

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Communications (2004 Radio)

Series

This is Craig Brown

Producer

Simons Nicholls

Comedy radio show. This episode features the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet for telephone. No further information found [April 2010].

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Komedyah Shel Ta’Uyot (1989 Video)

aka: Comedy of Errors, The

Director

Michael Lewensohn

Video recording of The Comedy of Errors directed by Michael Lewensohn for the Be’er-Sheva Theatre.

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Roman Comedy (1987 Video)

Series

Theatre: The Search for Style

Director

Jack Eddleman

A series studying the history of theatre. Through the ages, playwrights of comedy were indebted to the Roman master of farce and comedy, Plautus. Chief among them was William Shakespeare, whose grammar...

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Here Comes Cookie (1935 Film)

aka: Plot Thickens

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Producer

William LeBaron

Feature film farce. Gracie is the daughter of a wealthy business magnate. To prevent a gigolo (who is attempting to seduce his other daughter) from getting his fortune, the father gives all his money,...

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I Will Avenge You, Iago! (2005 Film)

Director

Zhenya Kiperman

Producer

Zhenya Kiperman; Alyssa Black; Anthony Grillo

Independent feature film farce. Jack Bandrowsky (Pine) has just finished a performance as Iago in Verdi’s Otello. Marvin (Nobbs) is a naive audience member who fails to understand that the characters are...

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Otello Darf Nicht Platzen. (1992 Video)

aka: Lend Me a Tenor

Director

Daniel Karasek

A video recording, using a single camera, of a German adaptation of Ken Ludwig’s farce Lend me a Tenor directed by Daniel Karasek. A world famous tenor, Tito, prepares to play the role of Otello in...

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Ubu Roi (1976 Television)

aka: King Ubu

Director

Paul Kafno

The play by Alfred Jarry. Pere Ubu is an oafish, barely ranking civil servant persuaded by his shrewish wife to kill the King of Poland and usurp the throne. Ubu is unfit to rule anything, so his eventual...

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