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  1. Understanding Shakespeare: His Sources (1971 Video)

    Director
    W Hugh Baddeley; George Murcell

    Shows how Shakespeare’s plays grew out of the many elements available to him. The background of English rural life is shown: his home, school and Warwickshire countryside. Shakespeare is seen in London...

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  2. Understanding Shakespeare: His Stagecraft (1971 Video)

    Director
    W Hugh Baddeley; George Murcell

    Designed to show how the physical features of the Elizabethan stage influenced the work of Shakespeare. The duties of the bookholder, the props and costumes, actors in the ‘tiring room’, and boys playing...

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  3. Hamlet and Eggs (1937 Film)

    Director
    William Watson
    Producer
    Al Christie

    Comedy short. An exhausted Shakespearean actor, on holiday in an isolated ranch in Arizona, is forced to put on an amateur production of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet awakens in her tomb and sings ‘O Bury Me...

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  4. Will You Stop! (1937 Film)

    Director
    William Watson
    Producer
    Al Christie

    Fiction short presented by E.W. Hammons. A New York writer (Ryan) is employed by the owner of a department store to adapt Antony and Cleopatra for the annual employee show. The show includes musical numbers,...

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