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  1. Richard III [2-Dvd Special Edition] (2013 Film)

    Series
    Criterion Collection

    Feature film version of the play. ‘Building on Olivier’s extraordinary stage creation, the film asks less what the cinema can do for the theatre (as with HENRY V and HAMLET) than what the theatre can...

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  2. Richard III (1955 Film)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier
    Producer
    Laurence Olivier

    What makes this ‘gloriously watchable, now as then, is Oliver’s effortlessly virtuosic performance as Richard: imperious, ironic, bruttish, sometimes hysterical and never less than smirkingly...

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  3. Hamlet (1948 Film, Video)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier
    Producer
    Laurence Olivier

    Oscar-winning feature film adaptation of the play directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.

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  4. From the London Theatre: Hamlet (1945 Radio)

    aka: Hamlet

    Series
    From the London Theatre
    Director
    Judith Furse

    Radio programme featuring extracts from plays in current production at London’s theatres. Scenes from the stage production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as directed and produced by Judith Furse for the Arts...

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  5. Henry V (1944 Film, Video)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier
    Producer
    Laurence Olivier

    Feature film and Olivier’s directorial debut. The film opens with a typical performance at the Globe Theatre in 1600, moves gradually into reality for the battle and then returns to the Globe. Intended as...

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  6. Prospero’s Island: Scenes from ‘The Tempest’ (1940 Radio)

    Producer
    Barbara Burnham

    Scenes from Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham. With Leon Quartermaine as Prospero, Alec Guinness as Ferdinand and Jill Furse as Miranda. Music arranged and played...

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  7. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1937 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell

    Radio broadcast of a gala performance of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy with music by Mendelssohn. Arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. The BBC Orchestra and Chorus are led by Clarence Raybould.

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