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  1. Power and Corruption (1974 Video)

    Director
    Orson Welles

    An edited version of Roman Polanski’s Macbeth, narrated by Orson Welles, which follows the dramatic chain of event precipitated by Macbeth’s killing of Duncan. Shakespeare’s treatment of power and...

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  2. Man and Woman (1974 Film)

    Series
    Great Themes of Literature

    Edited from Zeffirelli’s version of The Taming of the Shrew, the film explores the relationship between men and women as portrayed in literature. Orson Welles contrasts Shakespeare’s comic treatment with...

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  3. Unworthy Scaffold, An (1972 Film, Video)

    aka: Theatre in Shakespeare’s Time, The

    Director
    Piers Jessop
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    Traces the development of the English theatre from the miracle and morality plays of the Middle Ages, then illustrates the design of the Elizabethan theatre. Burbage’s Theatre was built in 1576 at...

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  4. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A: An Introduction (1971 Video)

    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    Part of a series of educational films intended as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same actors play...

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  5. Merchant of Venice, The: An Introduction (1971 Video)

    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...

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  6. Romeo and Juliet: An Introduction (1971 Video)

    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...

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  7. Shakespeare: A Mirror to Man (1971 Film)

    Series
    Western Civilisation: Majesty and Madness
    Director
    Ian Brims

    Instructional programme. Eileen Atkins and Brian Cox introduce scenes from Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello. They play all the roles, changing costumes and make-up. Between scenes they give...

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  8. Henry IV. Part 2: An Introduction (1971 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    An introduction to the play’s theme or atmosphere, designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same actors play several roles, thus showing how the plays were...

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  9. Henry IV. Part 1: An Introduction (1971 Video)

    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    An introduction to the play’s theme or atmosphere, designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same actors play several roles, thus showing how the plays were...

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  10. Twelfth Night: An Introduction (1970 Video)

    Series
    New Shakespeare
    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Producer
    John Seabourne

    Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...

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