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A US drama series re-enacting major historical events and covering them as current news stories. This episode concerns December 26 1597 when Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was selected by Queen Elizabeth I...
Feature film. A modern reworking of Hamlet set in post-war Germany. A young intellectual, John, grieves for his father whose died in mysterious circumstances. His father’s business is taken over by his...
Satellite radio broadcast. Barbara Gaines, founder and artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, talks about the company’s evolution from a classical acting workshop to a major institution. She...
Two new productions by New York City Opera. Each segment includes two arias performed by singers from the productions, interspersed with discussions with the singers, directors and set designers. The singers...
Full-length stereophonic radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced by John Tydeman. With Paul Scofield in the title role and Nicol Williamson as Iago; Rosalind Shanks plays Desdemona.
Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Val Gielgud and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Watts. With Alfred Drake in the title role, Stephen Murray as Iago and Monica Grey as Desdemona. Dennis...
A sound recording of Michael Benthall’s 1954 Old Vic production with Robert Helpmann as Oberon and Moira Shearer as Titania. Mendelssohn’s incidental music is played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra...
Verdi’s opera performed at the Teatro Regio di Parma as part of the Festival Verdi Parma. Ambrogio Maestri is Falstaff. Directed for stage by Stephen Medcalf and for video by Tiziano Mancini. The Orchestra...
Recording of a live streamed performance featuring soprano Sarah Pillow, lutenist Ronn McFarlane and actor Sorab Wadia. They perform ballads and love songs with Shakespeare, the music chosen from songs...
A live sound recording of Edward Bond’s play Lear first performed at the Royal Court theatre, London. Harry Andrews is Lear.
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