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Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955 Television)

Director

Orson Welles

Version, intended for television, of Welles’ stage production of his play based on Melville’s novel. Filmed for three weeks but filming subsequently abandoned after c75 minutes had been shot. It was...

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King Lear (2010 Television)

Series

Omnibus (Us Series)

Director

Andrew McCullough

Producer

Fred Rickey

Shortened version of the play adapted for television. Transmitted live in the Omnibus slot, the production was filmed on a circular set with two cameras that travelled around the perimeter. Reviews note...

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Hamlet (1956 Television)

Director

Peter Brook

Television production of Hamlet, heavily abridged. Directed by Peter Brook with Paul Scofield as Hamlet. The Phoenix Theatre, London stage production went out live from a studio; it was thought that such a...

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Shakespeare at the Movies (2001 Audio)

Music from filmed Shakespeare plays performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic and Crouch End Festival Chorus, conducted by Paul Bateman, Nic Raine and Kenneth Alwyn. Also included are well known dialogue...

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Richard III (1955 Film)

Director

Laurence Olivier

Producer

Laurence Olivier

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...

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