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Video recording of the touring production which used amateur actors playing the Mechanicals. A co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and amateur companies across the UK and directed by Erica...
Amateur film showing scenes from King Lear performed in the Speech Room at Harrow School in 1956, under the supervision of Ronald Watkins.
Talent contest to find the best amateur dramatics company from among the UK’s c3,500 groups offering the winning troupe the chance to perform at the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End. The four remaining...
Comedy short. An experienced actor directs a melodrama for an amateur troupe. A jealous young man sabotages the set.
Radio broadcast. In this two-part programme Professor Michael Dobson explores the history of outdoor Shakespeare productions. The second episode (30/07/2007) focuses on the amateur theatre company.
Feature film. A former theatre director, Dima Kamentsev, stages Richard III using young amateur actors. He engages a ‘difficult’ teenager, nicknamed ‘Milord’ to play the part of Richard. No further...
Reality talent contest to find the best amateur dramatics company from among the UK’s c3,500 groups offering the winning troupe the chance to perform at the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End. The four...
Comedy short. An exhausted Shakespearean actor, on holiday in an isolated ranch in Arizona, is forced to put on an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet awakens in her tomb and sings ‘O Bury Me...
Low-budget amateur feature film. A self-financed recording by the Rafters Players of their stage production. Filmed over three weeks in Cornwall.
Feature film comedy. Detochkin, an insurance agent, is angry at the thought of crooks going unpunished and he begins a retribution campaign by stealing offenders’ cars, selling them, and donating the...
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