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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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Feature film version of the play. A naturalistic and literal reading with few interpretative touches. Gibson’s Hamlet is a man of action and with the text heavily cut (over 80%) he dominates the majority...
Feature film in theory based on Shakespeare’s own sources for The Merchant of Venice but in practice partly Shakespeare and partly director Felner’s invention. Werner Krauss is Shylock.
Feature film. Great Britain’s first feature-length Shakespeare sound film and Laurence Olivier’s first screen performance in a Shakespeare play. An energetic production set in an elaborate studio forest...
The Private Eye: Detectives in the Movies by Bran Nicol (Reaktion, 2013). 224 pages. ISBN: 978-1780231020 (paperback), £14.95 About the reviewer: Dr Catherine Haworth, Centre for the Study of Music, Gender...
A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.
Independent feature film. A visceral, punk fantasy made in the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee, and solo directorial debut for Derek Jarman. Anxious to gain knowledge, Queen Elizabeth I has her...
Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...
Mankiewicz’s version of the tragedy that ‘some Americans regard as their own has stood the test of time’ (The Guardian 2019). With an impressive cast, including Louis Calhern as Caesar, Marlon Brando...
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