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Audio recording. Discussion, recorded at the National Theatre, on the influence of Granville-Barker’s Prefaces to Shakespeare on modern productions of Shakespeare. Panellists are John Barton, Di Trevis and...
Platform audio recording. Joel Kaplan and Sheila Stowell talk about the life and work of actor, producer, director, dramatist, Shakespearean scholar and campaigner, Harley Granville-Barker. As well as his...
Schools television series in nine-parts on Macbeth presented by John Lord. The series examines the murder of Duncan. Various aspects of the structure and characters of the play are discussed with some scenes...
Fiction film. The first filmed version of Hamlet to be produced in England. For a detailed account of the complicated provenance of this film see Ball, especially pp.318-20.
Granville Barker’s seminal collection of critical essays on Shakespeare reviewed by George Rylands.
A performance of the play with Ronnie Barker and others, together with GCSE-level study notes prepared and soken by Rod Mengham.
In this episode of the radio series the Shakespearean actor, director and scholar Harley Granville-Barker explains why (in his opinion) Shakespeare cannot be interpreted on the screen, and can be interpreted...
Gawn Grainger leads a panel discussion at the National Theatre on Olivier’s film and stage career. Panellists: Richard Attenborough, Felix Barker, Fabia Drake, Barry Norman and Richard Pasco.
Live audio recording at the Royal Court Theatre, London of Howard Barker’s play Seven Lears, a prequel to King Lear in which Barker re-invents and enlarges the roles of Lear’s women. The play is divided...
Series of comedy playlets starring Jimmy Edwards, with June Whitfield and Ronnie Barker. This episode parodied The SPREAD OF THE EAGLE BBC series. Set in Roman Britain the play incorporated cod Shakespearean...
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