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Cicely Palser Havely talks to Glenda Jackson, who describes her approach to playing Cleopatra in Peter Brook’s 1979 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Antony and Cleopatra. Produced for the A361...
The workshop examines one of the many short, crowded scenes of the play, in which Antony takes his leave of Cleopatra before going into battle with Caesar. Director John Russell-Brown works with James...
A workshop investigating Hamlet’s character. Director John Russell Brown and actor David Yelland work through the various interpretations of the soliloquiess, and examines how they are related to other...
Illustrates the twin themes of order and chaos. Compares the self-confessed orderly intentions of the Prince to his chaotic behaviour. Explores the relationship between the political and the low-life scenes....
Studio recording of the opera by George Frederick Handel opera performed by the English National Opera and conducted by Charles MacKerras.
The first of two programmes on King Lear supporting the A306 Shakespeare course. Considers how an actor can convey Lear’s madness and at the same time be aware of the ‘reason in madness’ so central to...
Sonnet 128 read in costume by Roger Rees, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by D. M. Thomas. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.
Examines how the comic exchanges between Falstaff and Prince Hal illuminate the serious historical and political themes of the play. Director John Russell Brown is shown working through some famous scenes...
Illuminates the play’s central themes and characters. Examines the further establishment of Falstaff as, amongst other things, an emblem of disorder. Poses the question as to whether permanent political...
Continuing from KING LEAR: WORKSHOP 1, this programme looks in great detail at Act IV vi - the storm scene - and at Lear’s re-encounter with the blind Gloucester. Director John Russell-Brown and Julian...
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