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  1. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 Television)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Peter Luke

    1964 television broadcast of the English/Danish co-production of the play which was filmed at Kronsberg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark. Christopher Plummer is Hamlet with a supporting cast that includes Michael...

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  2. Winter’s Tale, The (1962 Television)

    Director
    Don Taylor

    Televised adaptation of the play which aims, according to producer Don Taylor, at ‘simplicity and understanding’ (Radio Times, 12 April 1962, p.51). Starring Robert Shaw as Leontes and Rosalie Crutchley...

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  3. Taming of the Shrew, The (1954 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Full-length radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Watts. With Mary Wimbush as Kate and Joseph O’Conor as Petruchio. The music is collected and arranged by...

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  4. Antony and Cleopatra (1954 Radio)

    Director
    Glen Byam Shaw
    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced for broadcasting by Peter Watts from the 1953 production by Glen Byam Shaw at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. With Michael Redgrave and...

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  5. Romeo and Juliet (1954 Radio)

    Series
    Curtain Up!
    Producer
    Donald McWhinnie

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Donald McWhinne. With Peggy Ashcroft and Tony Britton in the title roles. Marius Goring doubles as Chorus and Mercutio. The programme is prefaced by a...

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  6. King Lear (1953 Radio)

    Director
    George Devine
    Producer
    Wilfrid Grantham

    Shakespeare’s tragedy produced for radio by Wilfrid Grantham. This version is adapted from George Devine’s theatre production at the Stratford Memorial Theatre, with Michael Redgrave in the title role....

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  7. Merchant of Venice, The (1953 Radio)

    Producer
    William Hughes; Denis Carey

    Radio version of the play performed by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company with Peggy Ashcroft as Portia and Michael Redgrave as Shylock. Produced by William Hughes from Denis Carey’s 1953 production...

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  8. Winter’s Tale, The (1953 Film)

    Series
    World’s a Stage, The
    Director
    Charles Deane
    Producer
    Charles Deane

    The final scene from The Winter’s Tale enacted by players from the Young Vic Company with a thirty second introduction by Ronald Howard.

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  9. Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth (1948 Television)

    Series
    For the Children
    Director
    Robert Atkins; Michael Barry

    BBC schools broadcast in which actor-manager Robert Atkins directs a group of students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth (see notes). The programme is meant to...

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