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World of Shakespeare, The (1964 Television)

Director

Peter Strand

Documentary. Attempts to recreate Elizabethan times to gain insight into Shakespeare’s life and personality.The programme, hosted by Willis F. Woods, was videotaped on location at the Detroit Institute of...

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Romeo and Juliet (1960 Audio)

Series

Arc Audio Study Guides

Director

Howard Sackler

Complete performance by Claire Bloom and others, from a text edited by G B Harrison. Accompanied by Rod Mengham’s commentary for GCSE students.

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Brontës at the BBC, The

Producer

Rebecca Whyte

Subject

English language and literature; Television studies

A chronological account of the how the BBC has depicted the lives and works of the Brontë sisters over the past fifty years. Amongst the productions included are the 1956 version of ‘Jane Eyre’ with...

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Romeo and Juliet (1957 Television)

Series

Producers’ Showcase

Director

Clark Jones

Television drama. Sol Hurak’s presentation of the Old Vic Company’s production of Romeo and Juliet based on the stage production by Robert Helpmann. Directed for the Old Vic by Michael Benthall and by...

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Romeo and Juliet (1961 Audio)

Director

Howard Sackler

Complete performance with Claire Bloom and Albert Finney in the title roles and Edith Evans as the Nurse.

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Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet, The (1967 Television)

Series

Bell Telephone Hour, The

Director

Clark Jones

Producer

Dan Launsbery

Musical series featuring classical and Broadway music. This episode presents four versions of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet performed in the theatre, opera (Gounod), ballet (Prokofiev) and the...

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Romeo and Juliet (1953 Audio, Radio)

Sound recording of the Old Vic Company’s 1952-53 stage production of Romeo and Juliet with Claire Bloom and Alan Badel. Directed for stage by Hugh Hunt.

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Measure for Measure (1951 Radio)

Producer

E. A. Harding

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting and produced by E. A. Harding. With Laidman Browne as Duke, Stephen Murray as Vincentio and Claire Bloom as Isabella. Singer Alfred Deller...

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Wessex Tales (1973)

Director

Gavin Millar; Michael Tuchner

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

This six-part collection of adaptations of the works of Thomas Hardy was originally broadcast in the UK in 1973. The first episode was Hardy’s THE WITHERED ARM. Subsequent episodes include FELLOW TOWNSMAN,...

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John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (2006)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £7.99

A three-part documentary, transmitted to mark the 50th anniversary of the world premiere of John Osborne’s ‘Look Back in Anger’, celebrating the life and works of one of the most influential British...

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