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A biography of Shakespeare. Details the major themes in his life and the development of his career in the London theatre. Includes readings by Germaine Greer and Edward Petherbridge of several sonnets and...
US radio documentary series hosted by Ira Glass. This episode is devoted to one story. Over the course of six months, reporter Jack Hitt followed a group of inmates at a high-security prison as they...
Video recording of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Liviu Ciulei. Peter Francis James as Oberon and Harriet Harris as Titania. Original music by Philip Glass.
Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Cymbeline for the 1989 New York Shakespeare Festival. George Bartenieff is Cymbeline and Joan Cusack is Imogen. Original music by Philip Glass.
5-part Radio documentary series. Samuel West and Dr Andrea Smith present a guide to Shakespeare productions produced by BBC Radio since its inception in 1922. 5. This episode looks at how styles have...
Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Henry IV. Part 1 for the 1991 New York Shakespeare Festival with Larry Bryggman as King Henry and Thomas Gibson as Prince Hal. Original music by Philip...
Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Henry IV. Part 2 for the 1991 New York Shakespeare Festival with Larry Bryggman as King Henry and Thomas Gibson as Prince Hal. Original music by Philip...
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the theme of mirrors and reflections, variously showing the mirror as a symbol of vanity, self-examination and the limits of human understanding....
Three-part series screening previously unseen television interviews with Bernard Braden given in 1968. In this second episode Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting speak about their roles in Zeffirelli’s ROMEO...
Radio drama. A mother announces to her son that his father is dead and his uncle will take over the glass factory business. The narrator quotes Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to be speech’ and tells the...
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