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David Tennant and Catherine Tate host a celebration of the life and legacy of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death. Among those joining them on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre are Judi...
Opera, ballet and pantomime are incorporated into this adaptation which is derived from a Lindsay Kemp stage production at Sadler’s Wells. Titania (The Incredible Orlando) is a drag queen; the Indian boy...
Television comedy sketch show. Includes a two-minute sketch, written in Shakespearean English, which satirises the BBC television soap opera COMPACT about magazine publishers.
The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet perform in the presence of members of the Royal Family in celebration of the Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee. Includes Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing Hamlet...
Animated short. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing". The lines inspired animator Jacques Giraldeau to dwell on man’s passion for life, and his propensity to destroy...
Peter Hall talks about his life and work. The video is presented in 5 parts divided into 40 segments (or stories) of about 4 minutes each. Sir Peter Hall talks about his early life, life at Cambridge...
Early sound short showing the trial scene from The Merchant of Venice (IV i). Lewis Casson is Shylock and Joyce Lyons plays Portia.
Radio broadcast. In part 3 and 4 of the music series ‘Keyboard Talks’, Leslie H. Heward and Victor Hely-Hutchinson talk about the current production of Verdi’s Falstaff at the Old Vic, London.
Australian radio current affairs talk series presented by Phillip Adams. This edition is a panel discussion from the 8th World Shakespeare Congress, hosted by the University of Queensland, on Shakespeare’s...
A BBC schools programme broadcast about Tom Stoppard’s abridged version of the play which was performed by the National Youth Theatre at the Royal Opera House in London. The televised recording of the...
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