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  1. Bunch of Amateurs, A (2008 Film)

    Director
    Andy Cadiff
    Producer
    David Parfitt

    Feature film comedy. Ageing Hollywood star (Burt Reynolds) signs up to play the title role in King Lear in Britain to revive his flagging career. He believes the role is part of a Royal Shakespeare Company...

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  2. Shakespeare in Love (1998 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Madden
    Producer
    David Parfitt; Harvey Weinstein; Marc Norman; Edward Zwick; Donna Gigliotti

    Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in...

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  3. Twelfth Night (1996 Film)

    Director
    Trevor Nunn
    Producer
    Stephen Evans; David Parfitt

    An intelligent and meditative interpretation emphasising class distinctions and sexual confusion, which ‘has dated better than most...and which captures the shadowy magic of the play well’ (The Guardian...

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  4. Madness of King George, The (1995 Film)

    Director
    Nicholas Hytner
    Producer
    Stephen Evans; David Parfitt

    Adapted from Alan Bennett’s stage play ‘The Madness of George III’, the film focuses on King George’s deteriorating mental condition that opens the door for court intrigue and the usurping of the...

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  5. Much Ado About Nothing (1993 Film, Video)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    David Parfitt

    Lavish and festive feature film adaptation of the play set in Tuscany and using a British and pan-American cast. Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation is ‘full of sunny high spirits and still terrific fun to...

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  6. Swan Song (1993 Film, Television)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    David Parfitt

    Short film. Adaptation by Hugh Cruttwell of Anton Chekhov’s one-act play Kalchas. A ageing actor wakes up in his dressing room long after the play has ended and walks on to the stage where he meets his...

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  7. Discovering Hamlet (1990 Television)

    Director
    Mark Olshaker
    Producer
    Larry Klein

    Documentary. Follows four weeks of rehearsal as Derek Jacobi directs Kenneth Branagh in the lead role in the Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Hamlet. The actors describe stage action and the...

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  8. Little Touch of Harry: The Making of Henry V, A (1989 Television, Video)

    Director
    Mary Gwatkin
    Producer
    David Parfitt; Ron Fisher

    Documentary on the making of Kenneth Branagh’s HENRY V. Shows the film in production and provides , extracts from the finished film and interviews with actors and crew.

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  9. Henry V (1989 Film)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    Bruce Sharman

    Feature film version of Shakespeare’s play. Kenneth Branagh’s directorial debut which is widely regarded as heralding a ‘renaissance’ in filmed Shakespeare in the 1990s.

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  10. Twelfth Night (1988 Television)

    Director
    Paul Kafno
    Producer
    Paul Kafno

    The Renaissance Theatre Company production of Twelfth Night first staged at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith and directed for the stage by Kenneth Branagh. A wintry studio setting determines the tone for...

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