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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. Woman’s Hour [23/04/1964] (1964 Radio)

    aka: Shakespeare Quiz, A

    Series
    Woman’s Hour

    Radio broadcast. In this instalment of the magazine programme Alan Dent challenges Diana Graves, Irene Thomas and Jonathan Cecil in a Shakespeare quiz.

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  3. 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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  4. Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1955 Television)

    Series
    Sunday-Night Theatre
    Director
    Glen Byam Shaw
    Producer
    Stephen Harrison (2); Barrie Edgar

    A special telerecording of a Stratford-upon-Avon theatre production staged as part of the Stratford Festival in 1955. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw with a "Christmas card setting" designed by Motley. Even...

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  5. 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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  6. Can Shakespeare Be Filmed? (1948 Radio)

    Producer
    Michael Bell

    Radio programme in which Alan Dent, Philip Hope-Wallace, and Roger Manvell discuss whether Shakespeare’s plays, and Hamlet in particular, can successfully be translated to the screen. Focussing on the...

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  7. Books and Reviews [23/04/1947] (1947 Radio)

    Series
    Books and Reviews

    Literary review programme which includes an item on Shakespeare as script-writer, contributed by Alan Dent, who has been working with Laurence Olivier on the script of HAMLET and HENRY V. Dent also reviews...

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