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Television arts programme. A tribute to Laurence Olivier, broadcast on the day of his funeral. A somewhat hastily assembled miscellany of clips and critical assessments. The deepest insight comes in part...
US television special. Adaptation of Gielgud’s 1959 one-man show on Broadway. Gielgud gives readings from the plays and sonnets grouped into the themes of Youth, Adulthood, Maturity and Death. There are...
Arts strand of the televison documentary series, THIS WEEK. An 18 minute item contains scenes from Barbara Garson’s satirical play MacBird (a skit on Lyndon B. Johnson). MacBird learns from a fruit machine...
Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced by John Tydeman. Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft star as the Macbeths. With music composed by John Buckland and played by the Ad hoc ensemble,...
Documentary film. A look at the cloistered world of an English public school as they stage The Tempest as an end-of-term play. Filmed at Betteshanger School, Kent.
Television series comprising songs, sketches, and film reports. This episode includes a one-minute sketch ‘Meet Desdemona’ in which Hylda Baker, Fanny Carby and Roy Hudd enact a spoof on Othello. Roy...
Independent feature film version of Othello with an all-black cast.
Topical satirical news programme including music, comedy and discussion. Includes a 1-minute sketch entitled ‘Meet Desdemona’, a spoof of Shakespeare featuring Hylda Baker, Fanny Carby and Roy Hudd...
Variety show from the ABC Theatre, Blackpool,introduced by Tony Hancock. This episode includes a ca. 5 min. sketch in which Tony Hancock, wearing costume and wig, performs a Shakespearean stand-up routine,...
Shows the steps necessary to bring a play to the stage in Shakespeare’s time, from conception to presentation. Describes the members of the acting company and demonstrates the way productions were...