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  1. King Lear (1975 Television)

    Series
    Play of the Month
    Director
    Jonathan Miller
    Producer
    Cedric Messina

    Televised adaptation of the play with Michael Hordern in the title role and Frank Middlemass as the Fool.

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  2. Merchant of Venice, The (1974 Television)

    Director
    John Sichel
    Producer
    Cecil Clarke

    Originally staged by Jonathan Miller at the Old Vic in 1970 and then at the National Theatre, London in 1971, the production was subsequently recorded for television. The production is set in Venice in the...

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  3. Othello (1965 Film)

    Director
    Stuart Burge
    Producer
    John Brabourne; Anthony Havelock-Allan

    A recording of the National Theatre production, directed by John Dexter, restyled somewhat for film, but retaining much of its ‘staginess’, Olivier doing little to adapt his towering and extravagant...

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  4. Hamlet (1963 Audio)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier

    A live sound recording of Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet for the National Theatre Company with Peter O’Toole in the title role.

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  5. Romeo and Juliet (1961 Audio)

    Director
    Howard Sackler

    Complete performance with Claire Bloom and Albert Finney in the title roles and Edith Evans as the Nurse.

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  6. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television, Video)

    Director
    Peter Hall
    Producer
    Hubbell Robinson

    A version made for American television, but not transmitted, of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Charles Laughton as Bottom and Vanessa Redgrave as Helena.

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  7. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television)

    Director
    Fletcher Markle; Peter Hall

    A televised recording (although never transmitted) for NBC of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The production is prefaced by a short Prologue...

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  8. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1954 Audio)

    Director
    Michael Benthall

    A sound recording of Michael Benthall’s 1954 Old Vic production with Robert Helpmann as Oberon and Moira Shearer as Titania. Mendelssohn’s incidental music is played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra...

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