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Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations

Date released

7 May 1978

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2553

NoS ID

031144

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations. DESCRIPTION: Each year in Stratford-on-Avon they celebrate the birthday of their most famous citizen, ‘The Bard of Avon’, William Shakespeare....

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Shakespeare Masque, A (2016 Radio)

Series

Radio 3 in Concert

A Shakespeare Masque, written by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and composed by Sally Beamish. Ex Cathedra and City Musick are conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

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Love is Not Love (2016 Television)

Series

Upstart Crow

Director

Matt Lipsey

Producer

Gareth Edwards

Television sitcom in six parts, written by Ben Elton and David Mitchell, following Shakespeare as he tries to make a name for himself and juggle the work-life balance. In this episode, Will has completed...

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Beard of Avon, The (2003 Video)

Director

Doug Hughes

Video recording of the play by Amy Freed on the authorship question. Directed for stage by Doug Hughes and videotaped for TOFT (Theatre on Film and Tape Archive) by Patrick Hoffman.

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Judith Shakespeare (1996 Radio)

Series

Afternoon Play

Director

Tracey Neale

Producer

Tracey Neale

Combining known facts with a fictional interpretation, this biographical drama written by Nan Woodhouse is set in the seventeenth century and tells the story of Judith, Shakespeare’s youngest daughter.

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Waste of Shame, A (2005 Television)

Director

John McKay

Producer

Chrissy Skinns

A drama exploring the ‘love triangle’ described in Shakespeare’s sonnets - the identity of the Dark Lady, the Fair Youth and Mr WH. Writer William Boyd comments, "the lustful, misogynistic tone of the...

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England’s Shakespeare (1939 Film)

Travelogue on places in and around Stratford-upon-Avon: the Tudor home of John Harvard, Shakespeare’s birthplace and school, New Place, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, Warwick Castle, Kenilworth Castle, the...

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Will Shakespeare (1934 Radio)

Director

Robert Chignell

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio adaptation of the play which was originally written for the stage by British playwright Clemence Dane (1888-1965). Arranged and directed by Robert Chignell, the production is produced by Val Gielgud....

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Life of Shakespeare, The (2003 Video)

Documentary. Filmed on location in Stratford-upon-Avon, explores the house, places and people linked to Shakespeare’s life, including the birthplace, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, Mary Arden’s house,...

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Moonshine River (2012 Television)

Series

Simpsons, The

Director

Bob Anderson

American television satirical animation series. When the Simpsons family travels to New York, Marge takes daughter Lisa to see a Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet. When it’s cancelled,...

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