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Radio broadcast. Rebecca West and Ben Greet take part in a debate on ‘Why Act Shakespeare?" at Central Hall, Westminster, with William Shakespeare as chairman.
Allardyce Nicoll, Professor of English at Birmingham University and chairman of the third annual conference of Shakespearean scholars held at Stratford-upon-Avon, reports on the discussion of the so-called...
US documentary series analysing the physiology and psychology of laughter. In episode 4, INHIBITION, E.B. Pettit (Chairman of Arts, Brandeis University) explains Freud’s theory that laughter helps people...
Radio debate series. Chairman Nick Clarke debates the motion ‘The Heritage Industry Distorts British History’ from the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Listeners are invited to telephone or...
Television documentary. Discusses the authorship of Shakespeare. Thomas Bokenham, chairman of the Francis Bacon Society, believes he has discovered a cypher system that Bacon used to encrypt messages in the...
A collection of films made by the University of Warwick in conjunction with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust about the life and times of William Shakespeare. In this film Professor Stanley Wells, Chairman...
Television news and current affairs programme presented by Jeremy Paxman. The programme includes a forty minute studio discussion following Adrian Noble’s resignation as Director of the Royal Shakespeare...
Current affairs and news series. Includes an item (c 8min) on the Royal Shakespeare Company presented by Joan Bakewell. Trevor Nunn, Director of the RSC, makes a plea for increased funding and states that...
Feature film romantic comedy based on Romeo and Juliet where the star-crossed lovers’ barrier to love is their allegiance to competing soccer teams. Successful lawyer and sports fanatic Alfredo (Gustavo),...
Television documentary. Joan Bakewell visits Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare has become the object of adoration, scholarship and commerce as the heritage industry grows. She visits his supposed...
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