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Kurosawa directed three adaptations from Shakespeare. Two were recreated as samurai movies: Macbeth became THRONE OF BLOOD (1957), and King Lear inspired his last major film, the epic RAN (1985). THE BAD...
Explores the authenticity of Henry V and considers the methods of its enactment and emphasis in the first performance in 1599 to the 1944 Olivier film version. There are contributions from a film historian,...
Television documentary. John Gielgud answers questions from a group of RADA students about his career and profession and gives firm but courteous criticisms. On the subject of Shakespeare and film he thought...
Schools programme series, aimed at 14-16 year-olds, discussing different aspects of the media. This programme, presented by Brian Trueman, looks at Shakespeare on film considering versions of Othello, Romeo...
Television series on the movies. In episode 10 Franco Zeffirelli, Richard Burton and Kenneth Tynan talk to Peter Kennerley about Zeffirelli’s The TAMING OF THE SHREW chosen for the Royal Command Film...
Five-part radio series in which Professor Peter Holland talks to writers, actors and critics about aspects of Shakespeare’s work. In episode three he talks to Barbara Hodgdon, author of The Shakespeare...
Daniel Rosenthal, author of Shakespeare on Screen (London: Hamlyn, 2000), lectures on the screen history of Romeo and Juliet. The lecture was recorded in the Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London.
Sound recording of a National Theatre Platform discussion on filming Hamlet, recorded in the Lyttelton Theatre. Daniel Rosenthal talks about Michael Almereyda’s HAMLET (2000) and other filmed versions of...
In this radio talk Hitchcock replies to Granville-Barker’s proposition that Shakespeare’ plays could not be represented adequately on the air or the screen from the point of view of the filmmaker. Val...
In this episode of the radio series the Shakespearean actor, director and scholar Harley Granville-Barker explains why (in his opinion) Shakespeare cannot be interpreted on the screen, and can be interpreted...
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