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How did the staging of two simultaneous productions of Macbeth result in a riot that killed almost 30 people on May 10 1849? To shed light on this extraordinary event, Barbara Bogaev interviews two leading...
Podcast hosted by Barry Edelstein that explores Shakespeare outside of the theatre. In this edition he looks at the rivalry between Irish-English actor Charles Macready and American actor Edwin Forrest and...
Radio documentary about one of the bloodiest riots in New York’s history that took its toll during a performance of Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera House, New York, on May 10, 1849. Tim Pigott-Smith...
First part of 6 one-hour episodes in which three plays (Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, Henry V) are joined together in Dickon Reed’s radio adaptation which follows the fortunes of Prince Hal. With music by...
Western radio drama series starring James Stewart as an amiable drifter. The episode begins with a performance of Othello in a western town. The production is derided by the local audience and the actors...
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Members of Taffety Punk, a Washington, DC, theatre company, bring Shakespeare into the 21st century. Rebecca Sheir talks with Taffety Punk founding member and...
Feature film. Alex (Grant), a London bank manager, feels nostalgic for the time when, as a university student, he staged a Shakespeare play in an idyllic English village. Deciding to repeat the experience...
Live sound recording of the Prospect Theatre Company’s 1972 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost directed by Tony Robertson and Kenny McBain.
Video recording of Peter Gill’s 1971 production of Macbeth for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Ian Hogg and Pat Galloway are the Macbeths.
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