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First part of a four-part televised production of Julius Caesar designed for schools.
Television documentary. Before 1960 the Royal Shakespeare Company staged a limited season of plays at Stratford. In 1963, with two permanent theatres, one in London’s West End, a full-time company of ca....
An extract from a speech made by President John F. Kennedy at a Democrat Party banquet in 1960. Kennedy expounds his belief that the current Republican administration promises action but only if it is not...
Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream recorded at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh in 1960. The English Opera Group Orchestra is conducted by Britten. Alfred Deller is Oberon and Jennifer Vyvyan...
Film of Chabukiani’s ballet based on Othello with music by Alexei Machavariani. The Orchestra of the Paliashvili State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tbilisi is conducted by O. Dimitriadi.
The New York opening of Sergei Yutkevich’s film OTHELLO on 15 May 1960 at the 55th Street Playhouse. Sabrina, Lauren Bacall, Roddy McDowell, Tom Poston, Jessica Tandy and Lee Remick are seen.
Radio broadcast of The Tempest directed by Andrew C. Love from James Sandoe’s 1960 stage production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Regional radio series. The programmes honours the golden jubilee of the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. Includes recorded extracts from rehearsals of the jubilee production, The Merchant of Venice.
US television variety show/sitcom. The episode is sponsored by Lux Liquid and Lux Soap. Don Wilson does the ‘half-time’ commercial as a Shakespearean soliloquy.
Irregularly scheduled series of musical specials featuring Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Bernstein compares the beat in Shakespeare’s verse to rhythms in jazz, Beethoven’s...