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An extract from a speech made by President John F. Kennedy at a Democrat Party banquet in 1960. Kennedy expounds his belief that the current Republican administration promises action but only if it is not...
Television programme assembled to honour President John F. Kennedy following his assassination in Dallas two days before. The programme features classical music and dramatic readings from the bible and...
Radio broadcast. Canada’s Soulpepper Theatre Company has acquired the rights for the first North American reading of Shakespeare’s Edward III. Paul Kennedy talks with actors and scholar about the process...
Feature film. A fictional account of the conspiracy around John F. Kennedy’s assassination investigated by district attorney Jim Garrison. Garrison quotes ‘One may smile and smile and be a villain’ (1...
Explores the ways in which Shakespeare’s verse has been performed on disc. With actors Hugh Quarshie and Samuel West and Shakespeare scholar Kate Kennedy.
Mary-Ann Kennedy celebrates the global influence of Shakespeare’s work - with live performances including the visiting Nola Jazz band from New Orleans, and guest Andrew Dickson, author of "World Elsewhere:...
BBC Radio 3 series of music interspersed with critical comment. James Jolly presents his personal choice of music connected with Shakespeare - from classics like Nicolai’s Merry Wives of Windsor, to the...
Twice-weekly television news magazine programme. In this episode Ludovic Kennedy interviews Peggy Ashcroft. In her first television interview Dame Peggy speaks of her unease at the way stage drama translates...
Third episode in a radio series exploring the "background, effect, and lasting appeal of some well-loved poems". Peggy Reynolds discusses the linguistic, legal and theological complexities of Portia’s...
Feature Western film in which critics have seen the influence of the Gloucester sub-plot in King Lear. The patriach, Donald Crisp, is worried about his kingdom (cattle ranch) and, like Gloucester, he is...
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