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  1. Prospero’s Books (1991 Film)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Kees Kasander

    Feature film based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prospero is given 24 books to lessen the pain of his exile on a barren island. Greenaway interprets The Tempest as a mind reviewing its entire contents, and...

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  2. Shakespeare in Love (1990 Radio)

    Director
    Naomi Shemmer

    Radio programme showcasing Shakespeare songs (sung by Cleo Laine, Alfred Deller, and others) and monologues (read by John Gielgud and others). No further information known (10/2007).

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  3. Sir John Gielgud (1989 Television, Video)

    aka: John Gielgud: An Actor’s Life

    Director
    Dave Heather
    Producer
    John Miller

    John Gielgud, in conversation with John Miller, looks back on his early career, the other artists who influenced him, and his partnerships with Oliver, Richardson, Wolfit, Redgrave, Peggy Ashcroft and Edith...

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  4. Tempest, The (1989 Radio)

    Series
    Play of the Week (BBC World Service)
    Director
    Walter Acosta

    Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play in a two-part production directed by Walter Acosta. With John Gielgud as Prospero and Karen Ascoe as Miranda. Music specially composed and performed by Bernard Shaw.

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  5. Great Hamlets, The (1985 Video)

    aka: To Be Hamlet

    Director
    Derek Bailey
    Producer
    Joseph Wisby

    Trevor Nunn, Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, interviews actors about their interpretations of Hamlet. Program 1 (55 mins) investigates major scenes through actor commentary and production...

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  6. Six Centuries of Verse (1984 Video)

    Series looking at the poetry of the past six centuries. 1: Establishes the continuity and variety of English verse throughout the past six centuries using extracts from poems, with readings from Chaucer,...

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  7. Shakespeare 1564-1616 (1984 Video)

    aka: Maturing Shakespeare, The

    Series
    Six Centuries of Verse
    Director
    Richard Mervyn
    Producer
    Richard Mervyn

    16-part television series, presented by John Gielgud, on the history of poetry in the English language. This episode follows Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet. Presents extracts from Romeo...

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  8. 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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  9. Winter’s Tale, The (1982 Radio)

    Director
    Martin Jenkins (2)
    Producer
    Martin Jenkins (2)

    Full-length radio adaptation of the play produced in stereo by Martin Jenkins. With Ronald Pickup as Leontes and Hannah Gordon as Hermione, John Gielgud is Time. Music composed by David Timson and sung by...

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  10. Ages of Man (1979 Audio)

    Sir John Gielgud reads excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays: All’s Well That Ends Well (II vii); Hamlet (II ii, V ii); Henry IV. Part I (I iii); Henry IV. Part II (III i); Henry V (Prologue); Julius Caesar...

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