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  1. Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings (2000 Audio)

    A 2-CD collection, compiled by David Timson and Nicholas Soames, of early sound recordings of Shakespearean actors: Herbert Beerbohn Tree as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (III i) and Falstaff in Henry IV....

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  2. Great Shakespeareans (1982 Audio)

    Collected excerpts of recordings made between 1890-1937. AS YOU LIKE IT: Ben Greet reads Act II Scene i; John Gielgud reads Act II Scene vii. HAMLET: John Barrymore reads Act II Scene ii; Johnston...

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  3. Henry VI (1965 Television)

    Series
    Wars of the Roses, The
    Director
    Robin Midgley; Michael Hayes; Peter Hall; John Barton
    Producer
    Michael Barry

    First of a three-part televised adaptation of Shakespeare’s minor tetralogy (three parts of Henry VI and Richard III) encompassing the period from the loss of the British Empire in France to the founding...

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  4. To Be or Not to Be (1964 Radio)

    Series
    There is a Play Tonight: Plays of Shakespeare in Performances
    Producer
    John Powell (2)

    Last programme in a 3-part radio series examining Shakespeare in performance. Devised and produced by John Powell, the programmes are compiled with recordings from the Sound Archives featuring voices and...

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  5. Sir Johnson Forbes-Robertson and Dame Sybil Thorndike (1933 Radio)

    Series
    Stars in Their Courses

    Radio broadcast. Dramatic critic James Agate reviews Forbes-Robertson’s and Thorndike’s career on the English stage. The talk is illustrated with extracts from recordings featuring Forbes-Robertson as...

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  6. Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson: Recital (1925 Radio)

    Radio broadcast. Forbes-Robertson recites Buckingham’s ‘Farewell Speech’ (Henry VIII) and Hamlet’s ‘Advice to the Players’.

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  7. Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson on ‘Shakespeare’ (1924 Radio)

    Third in a series of experimental radio transmissions of school broadcasts that at the time were received by about 100 schools. In this week’s episode, the actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson talks about...

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  8. Hamlet (1913 Film)

    Director
    E. Hay Plumb
    Producer
    Cecil Hepworth

    Study extracts. 1) the ghost of Hamlet’s father on the battlements (6 min); 2) Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ soliloquy; ‘Get thee to a nunnery’ scene; preparations for the visiting players...

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  9. Hamlet (1913 Film)

    Director
    E. Hay Plumb
    Producer
    Cecil Hepworth

    Feature film. A record of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and the Drury Lane Company’s production of the play. `... the film’s chief purpose is to preserve a performance and a production and makes few...

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