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Television charity variety revue. An evening of comedy acts, classic comedy shows and reports on the charities benefiting from the programme in Great Britain and Africa. Includes Jonathan Pryce and comedian...
Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. In the second part of the programme (c25mins) Jonathan Pryce and director Richard Eyre talk about the staging of Hamlet at London’s Royal Court Theatre,...
An essay film, part fiction and part documentary, that explores how Hamlet haunts audiences and the play’s characters, drawing on the work of Marx and Derrida among others.
Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2001 production of Richard III. Directed by Michael Boyd with Aidan McArdle as Richard.
Television sketch. Fourth of four 15-minute installments featuring German actor Heinz Rühmann as a taxi driver in different countries. In the Shakespeare episode an American couple intends to visit the...
A series of six one-man plays written and performed by actor/comedian/writer John Sessions and recorded at London’s Half Moon Theatre. In this second episode, an American tourist visits Shakespeare’s...
Audio book. Hamlet with John Gielgud in the title role, Leon Quartermaine as Ghost and Celia Johnson as Ophelia. The original BBC radio 1948 recording has been digitally remastered.
Looks at central themes in Macbeth using discussion, rehearsal and performance of key scenes. Also examines the social and historical context of the play. In four parts: 1) The Supernatural - Act I, Scenes i...
Radio arts programme. Stephen Greenblatt talks about his book Hamlet in Purgatory in which he explains his long fascination with the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Introduced by Patrick Wright.
Feature film. Set in a Swedish provincial town in 1907 depicting the lives of the theatrical Ekdahl family through their siblings Fanny and Alexander. After a Christmas celebration, their beloved father,...
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