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Radio drama by Alan Bennett. In a leafy south London suburb 15-year old schoolgirl Harriet struggles with an essay on Shakespeare’s view on the family as her ailing father Frank lies on his deathbed...
Radio programme. Paul Allen, who is writing a book about the character, reflects on the fascination of composers and writers with Falstaff. In this illustrated talk which covers composers such as Salierei,...
Adapted from Alan Bennett’s stage play ‘The Madness of George III’, the film focuses on King George’s deteriorating mental condition that opens the door for court intrigue and the usurping of the...
A sketch from the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe, written and performed by Alan Bennett, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and Jonathan Miller, and first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960. The sketch...
Made-for-television film. Acclaimed recreation of the meeting between actress Coral Browne and British spy and defector Guy Burgess, in Moscow in 1958. The initial meeting took place in a theatre, where...
Televised adaptation of the play produced by Cedric Messina with Kika Markham as Juliet and Hywel Bennett as Romeo.
A recording of Troilus and Cressida by the Shakespeare Recording Society directed by Howard Sackler. Jeremy Brett and Diane Cilento in the title roles.
Television serial, in seven parts, based on the Balkan and Levant trilogies, Olivia Manning’s autobiographical accounts of her travels with her husband Reggie Smith between 1939 and 1943. Together for the...
Radio production of the play by Henry Cass, broadcast with members of the Old Vic Company London. Maurice Evans performs the title role, Abraham Sofaer is Bolingbroke. With music specially composed by...
Television production of the play with Richard Griffiths as Falstaff and Prunella Scales as Mistress Page. Director David Jones regarded the play as ‘a realistic documentary about what life was like in a...