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  1. Lucy Meets Orson Welles (1956 Television)

    Series
    I Love Lucy
    Director
    James V. Kern

    Television sitcom. When Lucy learns that Orson Welles is doing a benefit show at Ricky’s club, she desperately wants to act the role of Juliet to Welles’s Romeo. Ricky doesn’t want Lucy to have the job...

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  2. Shakespearean Caper, The (1956 Television)

    aka: Shakespearean Paper, The

    Series
    George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The

    Television sitcom starring George Burns and Gracie Allen as themselves, a show business couple in their home. Each episode began with Burns standing, trademark cigar in hand, before the proscenium...

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  3. Shakespeare (1951 Television)

    Series
    Stud’s Place
    Director
    Bill Locke (2)
    Producer
    Charlie Andrews

    US sitcom chronicling daily life in a small Chicago diner, starring Studs Terkel in the role of the proprietor and Beverly Younger as the waitress, Grace. In this episode a famous actor is supposed to visit...

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  4. Radio Bugs (1944 Film)

    Series
    Our Gang
    Director
    Cy Endfield

    US comedy short series. Inspired by the success of his favourite comedian Red Skelton, Froggy (Billy Laughlin) decides to become a radio star. Armed with a tattered joke book and an array of ‘funny’...

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  5. Volunteer, The (1943 Film)

    Director
    Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger
    Producer
    Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

    Propaganda short feature film. Fred is an inept but willing dresser to a famous actor (Richardson), who makes himself up to play Othello. The news of the invasion of Poland comes in, and (in Othello costume)...

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  6. Playmates (1941 Film)

    Director
    David Butler
    Producer
    Cliff Reid

    Feature film. John Barrymore, in his final film, plays a Shakespearean actor caricaturing himself. His attempts to tutor an aspiring star arouse jealousy. The various references to Shakespeare include a...

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  7. Old Bill ‘Through the Ages’ (1924 Film)

    Director
    Thomas Bentley

    Feature film. ‘Comedy based on the characters created by Bruce Bairnsfather. Old Bill, in the trenches during the First World War, eats tinned lobster and dreams that he and his friends travel back in time...

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  8. Yellow Week at Stanway, The (1923 Film)

    Director
    J.M. Barrie

    Amateur film. Record of a house party held by author J.M. Barrie at Stanway, Gloucestershire, the home of Lord Wemyss. Written and directed by Barrie, it features a semi-dramatised dream sequence in which...

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  9. Romeo is Bleeding (14/0 Film)

    Director
    Jason Zeldes
    Producer
    Michael Klein

    A fatal turf war between neighbourhoods haunts the city of Richmond, CA. Donté Clark transcends the violence in his hometown by writing poetry about his experiences. Using his voice to inspire those around...

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  10. Shakespeare’s Weaponry (Video)

    aka: Pritzker Military Library Presents: Season 12, Episode 2

    Series
    Shakespeare and the Citizen Soldier
    Director
    Bradley Guidera
    Producer
    Bradley Guidera; Megan Williams; Aaron Pylinski

    The art, craft and tradition of stage fighting is explored within the context of Shakespeare’s plays. A fight choreographer, actor and director; Matt Hawkins is participates in a discussion with the...

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