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  1. Richard III [2 DVD Special Edition] (2013 Film)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 mins (W) 158 mins + extras ( N)), £12.99 (W) £14.99 (N)

    Feature film version of the play. ‘Building on Olivier’s extraordinary stage creation, the film asks less what the cinema can do for the theatre (as with HENRY V and HAMLET) than what the theatre can...

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  2. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 Television)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Peter Luke
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 165 minutes), $24.98

    1964 television broadcast of the English/Danish co-production of the play which was filmed at Kronsberg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark. Christopher Plummer is Hamlet with a supporting cast that includes Michael...

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  3. England of Elizabeth (1957 Video)

    Director
    John Taylor
    Producer
    Ian Ferguson
    Subject
    History; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 26 min., 1995 sale: £9.95 (inclusive)

    Documentary film recalling the first Elizabethan age through surviving architecture, art, furniture, music and literature. The music, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is played by the London Sinfonia and sung by...

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  4. Richard III (1955) (1955 Film)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier
    Producer
    Laurence Olivier
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 mins (W) 158 mins + extras ( N)), £3.15

    What makes this ‘gloriously watchable, now as then, is Oliver’s effortlessly virtuosic performance as Richard: imperious, ironic, bruttish, sometimes hysterical and never less than smirkingly...

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  5. Much Ado About Nothing (Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy known

    Abridged version of the play arranged and produced for radio by Peter Creswell. With Fay Compton as Beatrice and Godfrey Tearle as Benedick.

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  6. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Radio broadcast of a gala performance of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy with music by Mendelssohn. Arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. The BBC Orchestra and Chorus are led by Clarence Raybould.

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  7. Hamlet (Radio)

    Producer
    Barbara Burnham
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Radio production of the play adapted and produced by Barbara Burnham. With Leslie Howard in the title role.

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  8. Theatre Programme [13/11/1946] (Radio)

    Producer
    Ayton Whitaker
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    First of the second series of the fortnightly theatrical review magazine commissioned for radio by the BBC Light Programme. Includes recordings of extracts from The English Arts Theatre company’s...

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  9. Hamlet (Television)

    Director
    Peter Brook
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy known to exist.

    Television production of Hamlet, heavily abridged. Directed by Peter Brook with Paul Scofield as Hamlet. The Phoenix Theatre, London stage production went out live from a studio; it was thought that such a...

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  10. Life and Death of King John, The (Radio)

    Subject
    Drama

    Full-length radio adaptation of the play arranged by Raymond Raikes with Robert Eddison as King John. The music is composed by Thomas Eastwood and the BBC Welsh Orchestra is conducted by Lionel Salter.

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