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A modern translation by Don Taylor of Sophacles’ tragedy depicting the individual conscience in conflict with tyranny. Antigone (Juliet Stevenson), the daughter of Oedipus, defies a royal edict when one of...
Four-part television thriller by Nigel Williams which loosely retells the Hamlet story set in London’s Docklands at the time of its commercial development. Roland (Firth) lives with his mother Maria...
The play by Tom Stoppard.
A dramatisation of the life and times of Henry Purcell. Little is known about the enigmatic composer, but director Tony Palmer makes up for this by contextualising his story in late 17th Century England, and...
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.
The story in an animated version. All the lines spoken by the characters are Shakespeare’s own. Narrated by Michael Kitchen.
Television anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Programme on the staging of King Lear around a rehearsal in the National Theatre of David Hare’s production with Anthony Hopkins in the title...
Radio adaptation of Measure for Measure by Peter Kavanagh with Ronald Pickup as the Duke and Saskia Reeves as Isabella.
Radio play in blank verse written by Perry Pontac as a parody prequel to King Lear. Old King Lear (John Moffat in an imitation of Gielgud) is married to Eudoxia (Rosalind Shanks), who after being accused of...
Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society with Patrick Wymark as Richard.
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