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Television arts documentary series. A profile of Nigel Hawthorne as he prepares to play the title role in King Lear, directed by Ninagawa, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The programme follows him through...
US television documentary. John Barton and Peter Hall, co-founders of the Royal Shakespeare Company, give masterclasses in speaking and acting Shakespeare. The actors are those appearing in the 1989 Broadway...
Live sound recording of David Jones’ 1967 production of As You Like It with Dorothy Tutin as Rosalind and Michael Williams as Orlando.
Radio broadcast. In preparing to take on the role of Othello for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hugh Quarshie goes in search of the wisdom of others about the ethical conundrums of a black actor playing the...
Complete performance with Ian Holm as Henry V.
Live sound recording of Peter Hall, Clifford Williams and John Barton’s 1964 production of Henry IV Part 1 for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Eric Porter in the title role and Hugh Griffith as Falstaff.
A live sound recording of Peter Hall’s production of Hamlet with David Warner in the title role.
Combined book and audio CD. Includes Ellen Terry in a 1911 recording compared with a Kate Beckinsale recording from 1997. There are contributions from Kenneth Branagh, John Gielgud, Judi Dench and Joseph...
Combined book and audio CD. Includes a speech from Edwin Booth from 1890, and a 1944 recording of Paul Robeson delivering Othello’s address to the senate. There are performances by Paul Scofield, F. Scott...
A televised adaptation of Clifford Williams’ Royal Shakespeare Company stage production that was still running at the Aldwych Theatre when it was broadcast. Donald Sinden is the Duke of Ephesus, Ian...