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Sir Derek Jacobi reflects on his first of 400 performances of Hamlet beginning at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1957. He shares his personal discovery of the meaning of Hamlet’s words and his motivations.
Audio podcast. In the first 90 minutes, Chloe Strauss and Henry Faherty discuss two films derived from Shakespeare plays: the new Disney live action remake of its 1999 animated feature, The Lion King, based...
Six programmes, broadcast daily, in which Simon Callow explores the hidden meaning of the Sonnets by following a radical reordering by John Padel. Believing that the W.H. is William Herbert, it suggests that...
Ninth of twelve programmes in which all Shakespeare sonnets are recited by various actors. The programme is introduced by Rayner Heppenstall. Michael Redgrave reads Sonnets 91 to 99.
Frank Stasio talks with director Rebecca Blum about her new production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure at Raleigh’s Little Theatre and its contemporary relevance. Also interviewed are actors...
Radio broadcast of Berlioz’s opera live from Covent Garden with Sara Fulgoni and Donald Kaasch singing the title roles. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera are conducted by John Nelson....
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1997 production of Cymbeline directed by Adrian Noble with Joanne Pearce as Imogen and Paul Freeman as Iachimo.
Presents the play in performance plus anciliary information. Each act and scene is individually introduced. Information on all the characters can be accessed at any point, as can any part of the text....
A two-part SOUTH BANK SHOW to celebrate Sir Peter Hall’s 50 years in theatre. Peter Hall looks back on his foundation of the Royal Shakespeare Company, his 15 years as Director of the National Theatre, and...
A thirteen-part television series, presented by Richard Ouzounian, on the history of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. The final episode gives impressions, images and sounds spanning 50 years at...
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