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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. Much Ado About Nothing (1964 Audio)

    Series
    Living Shakespeare
    Director
    John Hale

    A reading of an abridged version of Much Ado About Nothing, with a cast including Alan Ayckbourn, Annette Crosbie, Richard Johnson, Nigel Davenport and Stephanie Cole, directed by John Hale.

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  5. Measure for Measure (1964 Radio)

    Series
    Radio in Europe
    Producer
    Charles Lefeaux

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Charles Lefeaux starring Barbara Jefford as as Isabella and William Squire as Angelo. The music is composed and conducted by Franz Reizenstein.

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Antony and Cleopatra (1960 Radio)

    Producer
    R. D. Smith

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced by R. D. Smith. With Anthony Nicholls as Mark Antony, June Tobin as Cleopatra and John Slater as Enobarbus. The music is specially composed by...

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  9. 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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  10. 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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