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  1. Today [06/08/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Today

    In this 5-minute item from a longer programme, presenter Evan Davis hears from theatre critic Michael Billington on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Hamlet, starring Doctor Who actor David...

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  2. Role Play [09/06/1996] (1996 Radio)

    Series
    Role Play
    Producer
    Fiona McLean

    Radio series in six parts in which Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertoire. In the last episode Michael Pennington and Kenneth Branagh talk to critic Michael Billington about...

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  3. Brian Matthew from Midnight (1982 Radio)

    Series
    Round Midnight

    Radio programme. 45-year old actor Edward Fox, having taken on the part for a Young Vic production, tells presenter Brian Matthew how it feels to play a character who should be portrayed by an actor closer...

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  4. Hamlet (1980 Radio)

    Series
    Prefaces to Shakespeare

    In this radio programme Derek Jacobi, who played Hamlet in the BBC TV production, gives a personal introduction to the play. He examines the many interpretations of a role that has been regarded as the...

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  5. The Arts This Week [12/11/1970] (1970 Radio)

    Series
    Arts This Week, The

    As part of the Radio 3 arts programme broadcast on 12 November 1970, critic Michael Billington speaks to theatre and opera director Jonathan Miller about some of the staging difficulties for a production of...

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  6. Perspective [9/1/1966] (1966 Radio)

    Series
    Perspective

    In this radio interview presented by Barry Carman, 23-year old David Warner (at the time the youngest actor to have played Hamlet on the professional stage) explains how he approached the part and how he...

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  7. Laurence Olivier (1966 Television)

    Series
    Great Acting
    Producer
    Hal Burton

    Television programme. Kenneth Tynan interviews Laurence Olivier about his career and major Shakespeare roles. Olivier speaks of how he used the Oedipus complex in Hamlet, working with Tyrone Guthrie (whom...

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  8. John Gielgud (1954 Radio)

    Series
    Hamlet: The Actor’s View

    Five-part radio series in which famous actors talk about the character of Hamlet. In episode five, broadcast on The Third Programme on 16 May 1954, John Gielgud reflects on a 25-year association with the...

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