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Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Brett Usher, directed by Walter Acosta, starring David Schofield as Henry. No further information available (12/2008).
Feature film adapted from Michael Gilbett’s 1952 novel ‘Death in Captivity’, based on his experiences as a POW in Italy during the Second World War. In the book the play being produced is Rudolf...
Television serial, in seven parts, based on the Balkan and Levant trilogies, Olivia Manning’s autobiographical accounts of her travels with her husband Reggie Smith between 1939 and 1943. Together for the...
Feature propaganda film and a wartime sequel to The SCARLET PIMPERNEL (d. Harold Young, 1934) also starring Leslie Howard. In the weeks prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, an English archaeologist...
A video recording of Michal Docekal’s 2000 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Theatre of Comedy, Prague set in London during the Second World War. David Matasek is Oberon and Alena Streblova...
Radio adaptation of a play written by Ronald Harwood which is based on the touring career of Donald Wolfit, for whom Harwood was the dresser. An actor-manager of the old school takes a Shakespearean company...
Video recording of Marti Maraden’s 1996 production of The Merchant of Venice for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Douglas Rain is Shylock.
Ian Atkins televised adaptation of Robert Atkins’ ‘Bankside Players’ production who made up the cast for this studio performance of the play.
Broadcast as part of a mixed variety radio programme, this appears to have been an all-male variety sketch based on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Written by Con West, this item is presented by John...
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry V. Directed by Ed Hall with William Houston as Henry. Songs written for the production by Billy...
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