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Shows how Shakespeare’s plays grew out of the many elements available to him. The background of English rural life is shown: his home, school and Warwickshire countryside. Shakespeare is seen in London...
Designed to show how the physical features of the Elizabethan stage influenced the work of Shakespeare. The duties of the bookholder, the props and costumes, actors in the ‘tiring room’, and boys playing...
A video recording of the Theatre for a New Audience production of the play directed by Barry Kyle with Jeeyoung Kim as Isabella,
Joseph Papp’s 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival modern dress production of the play, broadcast in the Great Performances series on WNET. Kevin Kline is Hamlet.
Video recording of Titus Andronicus directed by Julie Taymor with Robert Stattel as Titus.
A film of the final scene in Hamlet with Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet. The film depicts Hamlet’s body being caught by Horatio. The film also included a soundtrack (primarily of sound effects) synchronised...
Televised recording of the play written by Grace Carlton. Performed by the Birmingham Repertory Company under the direction of Herbert M. Prentice. Presented for television by Lanham Titchenener.
Video recording of Love’s Labour’s Lost directed by Michael Langham with Zacahry Ehrenfreund as the King of Navarre and Gregory Poretta as Longaville.
Fiction film of The Merchant of Venice directed by Henri Desfontaines with Harry Baur as Shylock. The film greatly abbreviates the play and omits the Jessica subplot and other incidents. Ball comments ‘The...
First part of a televised adapation of a play for children. Robert Atkins, who wrote the script for the play and also stars as Bottom, introduces and explains the play. Part 2 was was televised a week later,...
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