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Audio podcast. Rosie Goldsmith speaks to Norwegian thriller writer Jo Nesbo, who has written a crime novel set in the 1970s inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The books has been published as part of the...
Michael Maloney introduces a special Shakespeare-themed festival of music. Performers include the National Youth Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ben Parry, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Mark...
Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss the importance of early adaptations of Shakespeare and how this helped shape the early development of cinema. Screen productions discussed include:...
Video recording of Kiss Me, Kate directed by Alan Paul with Douglas Sills as Fred Graham and Christine Sherrill as Lilli Vanessi. Videotaped for WAPAVA by Roc Lee.
`Concise acting versions’ of ten plays read by Richard Burton, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Anna Massey, Sarah Churchill, Michael Redgrave, Peter Finch, Peter O’Toole and others. The...
Feature film comedy. Victor Garnett (Walls) a rich bachelor marries wealthy, spoilt and shrewish Patricia Lynton (Jane Baxter) whereupon he tries to mould her into his ideal woman. Enraged by Victor’s...
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare adaptations are a proud tradition. Prokofiev turned Romeo and Juliet into a ballet. Verdi turned Macbeth and Othello into operas, and The Taming of...
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1987 production of Kiss Me, Kate. Directed by Adrian Noble with Nichola McAuliffe as Lilli Vanessi and Paul Jones as Fred...
Radio broadcast. 4-part weekly series, presented by Patrick Martyn, showcasing contemporary musical adaptations inspired by Shakespeare. The pieces examined range from popular musicals such as Kiss Me Kate...
Televised version of the play as adapted by David Garrick in 1758. In contrast to the original, Garrick’s play has no Induction and merely a simplified subplot. Focusing on the Katherine-Petruchio story,...