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The first of two programmes on King Lear supporting the A306 Shakespeare course. Considers how an actor can convey Lear’s madness and at the same time be aware of the ‘reason in madness’ so central to...
Radio drama. An adaptation, by Michael Frayn, of Anton Chekhov’s one-act play. An elderly actor, having given his final and benefit performance, falls asleep drunk in the theatre. He wakes up, still in his...
Television interview with actor and first artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Mark Rylance, about his life and career, especially his relationship with Shakespeare and his controversial...
Series on Africa written and presented by Professor Ali A. Mazrui. Episode 6 looks at the history of governance in Africa. Includes an extract (5 mins) in which an actor delivers Mark Antony’s funeral...
Trevor Nunn, Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, interviews actors about their interpretations of Hamlet. Program 1 (55 mins) investigates major scenes through actor commentary and production...
Independent Local Radio programme. Actor and director Bryan Forbes is interviewed on the forthcoming publication of his book on the history of British acting. Forbes describes directing actor Peter O’Toole...
Radio programme. 45-year old actor Edward Fox, having taken on the part for a Young Vic production, tells presenter Brian Matthew how it feels to play a character who should be portrayed by an actor closer...
BBC television arts series. Programme, in two parts, about the ideas of the English scene designer, producer and actor Edward Gordon Craig. The first part is a dialogue between Craig (spoken by Donald...
Radio play for children written by L. du Garde Peach and produced by Derek McCullough. The plot which encompasses the lives of Burbage, Shakespeare, Francis Drake, and Ben Jonson, touches on themes commonly...
Independent feature film. A community theatre production of Hamlet is set to open when the production loses its lead actor. The company then, unknowingly, brings in a madman actor, who is convinced he...
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