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Radio broadcast. As part of the general conversation programme, host Libby Purves interviews Darren Raymond, an ex-offender whose life was turned around by taking up acting with the London Shakespeare...
A Brazilian version of Hamlet directed by Marcelo Marchioro. The play explores contemporary political and ideological issues and, coincidentally, premièred on 20th August 1992, one month before the...
John Barrymore was approached in 1933 to make a film version of Hamlet. Although he had played the role many times on stage, the production company asked for a screen test, perhaps because of rumours that...
Dominic Dromgoole, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, talks to Dominic Cavendish about his plans for a multi-lingual festival of the complete works to co-incide with the run up to the...
Romeo and Juliet, adapted for radio by Peter Kavanagh. With Douglas Henshall as Romeo and top model Sophie Dahl as Juliet. Original music composed and performed by Mia Soteriou except for the song Silver...
From the depression of Hamlet to the guilt of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s work has many references to mental health. Academics and actors at Warwick Arts Centre explore issues such as depression,...
A radio production of Shakespeare’s comedy by Melanie Harris that explores themes of compulsion and obsession within the play. With Gerard McSorley as Petruchio and Ruth Mitchell as Kate. The music is...
Shakespeare’s The Tempest, adapted for radio by David Hunter. With Philip Madoc as Prospero and Nina Wadia as Ariel. The play is introduced by Richard Eyre. With music by Billy Cowie.
Feature film. Mark Feinman (Callis) dreams that he is stranded alone on a desert island. He believes his dream to be a premonition and immediately sets up a touring theatre company with two friends. Their...
Radio production of the play set in the 1920s. Directed by Eoin O’Callaghan, starring Gerard Murphy as Caesar. With an introduction by Richard Eyre.
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