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  1. Stormy Weather (1997 Television)

    Series
    Conjuring Shakespeare
    Producer
    Jenny Bardwell

    The storm scene in King Lear is examined, discussing how the balance can be maintained between the strength of the text and conveying the range of the weather. Four theatrical groups have two days to devise,...

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  2. Hamlet: To Cut or Not to Cut? (1997 Television)

    Series
    Film Education

    Documentary transmitted within the BBC Focus Slot in The LEARNING ZONE. Assesses the importance of soliloquies in Shakespeare’s plays and includes an interview with Kenneth Branagh in which he discusses...

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  3. Kind of Magic, A (1997 Television)

    Series
    Conjuring Shakespeare
    Producer
    Jenny Bardwell

    Examines how directors approach and stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream and some of the problems involved. Includes footage from various productions of the play including a brief extract from Peter Brook’s...

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  4. War! (1997 Television)

    Series
    Conjuring Shakespeare
    Producer
    Jenny Bardwell

    Explores the authenticity of Henry V and considers the methods of its enactment and emphasis in the first performance in 1599 to the 1944 Olivier film version. There are contributions from a film historian,...

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  5. It’s a Family Affair (1997 Television)

    Series
    Conjuring Shakespeare
    Producer
    Tony Coe

    Celia Imrie, Kenneth Cranham and Fiona Shaw consider and discuss the themes of discord and misunderstanding in family life found in King Lear, and the reasons which may account for the continued popularity...

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  6. Like a Virgin (1997 Television)

    Series
    Conjuring Shakespeare
    Producer
    Tony Coe

    Explores Measure for Measure and the questions it raises around morality and virginity against its setting of corruption, and in particular the moral dilemma facing the heroine. Follows Fiona Shaw as she...

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  7. Play’s the Thing, The (1997 Television)

    Series
    Open Saturday
    Producer
    Jenny Bardwell

    A compilation of footage from previous Open University programmes to mark the opening of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Features behind-the-scenes footage of Fiona Shaw’s production of King Lear and an...

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  8. As You Like It (1996 Television, Video)

    Series
    Approaching Literature, Course A210
    Producer
    Amanda Willett

    In three parts: 1) a workshop on scenes from As You Like It run by actress Fiona Shaw, exploring the language of the play; 2) an assessment of the 1994 production of the play staged by Cheek by Jowl; 3) a...

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  9. Authentick and Ironicall Historie of Henry V, The (1996 Television)

    Series
    Approaching Literature, Course A210
    Producer
    Tony Coe

    Explores the problematic relationship between event, text and performance in Shakespeare’s Henry V. Also focuses on the way war, and images of war, are presented on stage and on film. In five sections: 1)...

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  10. Henry V (1996 Audio)

    Series
    Approaching Literature, Course A210

    A specially recorded performance of Henry V. No further details known (12/2008).

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