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A contemporary television adaptation by Andrew Davies of Shakespeare’s Othello. London’s black population is angry when a black man has died in police custody and it becomes politically expedient to...
Animated short. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing". The lines inspired animator Jacques Giraldeau to dwell on man’s passion for life, and his propensity to destroy...
ROMEO & JULIET is a collage motion graphics animation incorporating on-line images, gouache paintings, watercolour, and photography, It offers a re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic told with sea...
Fiction film. The first filmed version of Hamlet to be produced in England. For a detailed account of the complicated provenance of this film see Ball, especially pp.318-20.
Animation. The film explores the internal landscape of the helpless and broken King Lear, layering live action, pin hole photography and mix media drawn animation.
An abbreviated version of the play. Ball finds the picture disappointing, commenting on the poorly handled crowd scenes, unnecessary invented action, and primitive photography and acting.
Fiction film. Ball (op cit) writes (p.168). ‘All the camera work was done out of doors, and the scenery is lovely and charmingly rustic. Remarkably for its period, the photography is technically advanced,...
Feature film. A remake of the 1921 film also starring Matheson Lang (see separate entry). ‘This version boasts considerably better photography, but otherwise is very ponderous and plain. Nor did they go to...
The letter scene from Twelfth Night enacted by players from the Young Vic Company with a thirty second introduction by Ronald Howard. No cast details known.
The ‘play scene’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream enacted by players from the Young Vic Company with a thirty second introduction by Ronald Howard. No cast details known.