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What makes this ‘gloriously watchable, now as then, is Oliver’s effortlessly virtuosic performance as Richard: imperious, ironic, bruttish, sometimes hysterical and never less than smirkingly...
Radio programme on the Shakespeare authorship controversy. An enquiry conducted by Rene Cutforth examining the case of five claimants for the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. According to Sir John Weir...
Independent and self-funded documentary. Actors/directors Dan Poole and Giles Terera travel the world asking actors, directors, students and the public about their experiences of Shakespeare.
Feature film. "Now is the winter of our discontent..." With these timeless words, Duke Richard - lounging on his sun deck - sets his murderous plans in motion. His goal: to eliminate the hated rival...
Independent feature film. A visceral, punk fantasy made in the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee, and solo directorial debut for Derek Jarman. Anxious to gain knowledge, Queen Elizabeth I has her...
A BBC television production with Leonard Rossiter in the title role.
Second episode in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British...
Feature film version of the play. ‘Building on Olivier’s extraordinary stage creation, the film asks less what the cinema can do for the theatre (as with HENRY V and HAMLET) than what the theatre can...
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