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Animation. Part of the animated series starring Colonel Heeza Liar, a teller of tall tales. The series was shown as part of Bray’s Paramount Pictorial screen magazine. In this edition the Colonel is...
Short. Lady Macbeth summons up her demons in the soliloquy from Act I, Scene V.
Syndicated television detective drama series. In this episode, during the German occupation of France, Colonel Kurt Schmidt, a Nazi, extorts a First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, from a French...
A re-imagining of Julius Caesar Act I, sc. ii with Tony Osoba as Caesar and Mark Stanley as Brutus. The video is part of a series of films commissioned by the British Council throughout 2016.
Feature film. A parable set in a fictitious West African country rent by 10 years of tribal conflict between the ruling Nayak and the rebel Bonande. The director has stated that she saw Shakespearean...
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. Includes a brief routine from comedian Sammy Shore who imitates Elvis Presley acting Shakespeare. [Sadly, no further information known (5/2007)].
Short documentary that explores adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays by First Nations peoples in Canada. Its focus is Death of a Chief, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Death of a Chief was...
In this contemporary re-working of King Lear a home for the elderly is the domain of the titular monarch. Having obtained the Power of Attorney to manage his affairs, Lear’s daughters are ecstatic and have...
American television satirical animation series. The episode follows the story of Hamlet (Bart). Hamlet’s uncle Claudius (Moe) kills his father (Homer) and marries his mother (Marge). When Hamlet has a play...
Detective series set in the 1950s, loosely inspired by the character created by GK Chesterton. Father Brown (played by Mark Williams) offers to play the Friar in a production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado...
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