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David Hare and Martha Kearney on deviant psychology and fancy dress in Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Radio series in which public figures are interviewed about their favourite pieces of Shakespeare. In this episode playwright David Hare chooses a speech from Macbeth (Act 3 Sc 1) as the piece of Shakespeare...
Television anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Programme on the staging of King Lear around a rehearsal in the National Theatre of David Hare’s production with Anthony Hopkins in the title...
Live audio recording of David Hare’s 1987 production of King Lear with Anthony Hopkins as Lear.
Online exhibition, curated by Daniel Rosenthal, telling the story of Shakespeare at the National Theatre through eight landmark productions. It illuminates the work of directors and experience of actors and...
A record of a benefit evening for The Shakespeare Guild. The Golden Quill representing the 1999 Sir John Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts is presented to Judi Dench. The ceremony, hosted by...
A two-part SOUTH BANK SHOW to celebrate Sir Peter Hall’s 50 years in theatre. Peter Hall looks back on his foundation of the Royal Shakespeare Company, his 15 years as Director of the National Theatre, and...
Second episode in a three-part radio series exploring the story of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Presenter James Naughtie looks at the RSC’s formative first decade interviewing...
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1998 produciton of Measure for Measure. Directed by Michael Boyd with Stephen Boxer as Angelo and Clare Holman as Isabella.
A version of the play, made for television, set in the late 19th-century in a post-Civil War setting. The film is based on Scott’s 1996 stage production of Hamlet at Boston’s Huntington Theatre, with...