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Shakespeare Workshop 2: The Comic Spirit (1982 Video)

aka: Comic Spirit, The

Director

Noel Hardy

Producer

Noel Hardy

Documentary made for schools. Compares and contrasts different styles and type of humour through the ages. Explains the elements of comedy used by Shakespeare including the use of mischief, power of the...

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Macbeth (1998 Television, Video)

Series

Middle English

Director

Michael Bogdanov

A schools production of Macbeth influenced by Bogdanov’s experimental workshop in Birmingham where he explored the impact of Shakespeare on working-class people. Bogdanov uses urban buildings, and...

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Hamlet (1947 Television)

Director

George More O’Ferrall

Producer

George More O’Ferrall; Basil Adams

Ambitious two-part televised adaptation of the play produced by George More O’Ferrall, with John Byron as Hamlet.

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Behind the Scenes at the RSC (2004 Multimedia, Television, Video)

Series

English Programme, The

Two programmes looking at theatre craft and theatre production. With access to the workshops and wardrobe of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the series follows new productions, including Measure for Measure...

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King Henry V (1947 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare’s Historical Plays

Producer

Howard Rose

Radio adaptation of the play by M. R. Ridley. The production was broadcast on the Third Programme as part of a sequence of Shakespeare’s histories. With Sebastian Shaw as King Henry V. Produced by Howard...

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Shakespeare Shorts 1 Video (1996 Video)

Series

English File

Television programmes for schools featuring television actors not usually associated with Shakespeare in scenes from five of the plays. They use contemporary settings, which aim to illustrate the relevance...

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Henry VIII (1911 Film)

A record, filmed at Ealing, of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s production of Henry VIII staged at the Her Majesty’s Theatre.

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Twelfth Night (2003 Multimedia, Television)

Series

English Programme, The

Tim Supple’s production of Twelfth Night made for broadcast on schools’ television. The setting is contemporary with Viola and Sebastian presented as asylum seekers on their arrival in Illyria. With...

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Six Centuries of Verse (1984 Video)

Series looking at the poetry of the past six centuries. 1: Establishes the continuity and variety of English verse throughout the past six centuries using extracts from poems, with readings from Chaucer,...

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