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  1. Laurence Olivier (1992 Television)

    aka: J’Accuse: Laurence Olivier

    Series
    Without Walls
    Director
    Jeff Morgan
    Producer
    Jeff Morgan

    Television polemic. Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier’s position as the pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, arguing that his performances are all show and no substance. This belief is compromised by...

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  2. Masters of Defence (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Colin Still

    A history of swordplay tracing the evolution of civilian swords and fighting techniques from the street fights of the 16th century to the swordplay of the 18th century fencing schools, drawing on texts and...

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  3. Performing Shakespeare: Techniques for Personalising and Energising the Scene (1990 Video)

    Educational videotape. Kathleen Conlin presents a series of physical exercises to aid performance of the Shakespeare text. Designed for the American actor, it moves from the exploration of specific words and...

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  4. 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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  5. Why Shakespeare? 2 (1987 Television)

    Series
    English File
    Producer
    Geoff Wilson

    BBC schools television programme presented by Steve Blacknell which looks at two Shakespeare plays. Estelle Kohler and Emrys Jones from the Royal Shakespeare Company play first Olivia and Malvolio and then...

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  6. Henry IV Parts 1 & 2: Workshop 2 (1985 Television, Video)

    Series
    Open University A361
    Producer
    David Hoyle

    The personal father-son relationship between Prince Hal and Henry is examined to see how it illuminates the larger historical issues of the play. Prince Hal is played by Michael Thomas and Henry by Peter...

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  7. Measure for Measure: Workshop 2 (1985 Television, Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare, Course A361
    Producer
    David Hoyle

    Continues the examination of Isabella’s character, looking at Act III, Scene i in which she visits her brother Claudio in jail in order to tell him that he must die. Director John Russell-Brown works...

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  8. Twelfth Night: Workshop (1985 Television, Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare, Course A361
    Producer
    David Hoyle

    This workshop, based on Act II iii, shows how a group of experienced actors, with relatively little input from a director, set about developing a strategy to preserve the comic tone of the scene, while not...

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  9. Why Shakespeare? (1985 Television)

    Series
    English File
    Producer
    Geoff Wilson

    BBC schools television programme presented by Steve Blacknell in which four actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company tackle two famous scenes from Shakespeare, the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and...

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  10. Acting Cleopatra (1984 Audio)

    Series
    Open University A361
    Producer
    Janet Thomas

    Cicely Palser Havely talks to Glenda Jackson, who describes her approach to playing Cleopatra in Peter Brook’s 1979 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Antony and Cleopatra. Produced for the A361...

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