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  1. National Theatre Live: Henry V (2022 Video)

    Director
    Max Webster

    A recording, from London’s Donmar Warehouse, of an up[dated version of Shakespeare’s historical play starring Kit Harington as King Henry. Broadcast live to UK cinemas on 21 April 2022 by National...

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  2. And Calm of Mind (2013 Radio)

    Producer
    Chris Ledgard

    Chris Ledgard follows a group of former soldiers who, as the Combat Veteran Players, are attempting to tackle the symptoms of post-traumatic stress by rehearsing and performing Shakespeare’s Henry V, with...

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  3. Crackling Glade, The (2013 Film)

    Director
    Robert Williams
    Producer
    Robert Williams

    Short. Two wives and two soldiers divided by war discuss the horror of the conflict. The film uses poetic language to open dialogue with its audience concerning the transience of life and the consequences of...

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  4. Twenty Minutes: The Adverb [09/09/2007] (2007 Radio)

    Series
    Twenty Minutes

    Radio programme. In this episode of the BBC Proms’ literary interval programme Paul Allen’s guest is the writer and former diplomat Rory Stewart who chooses his favourite writing about the rhetoric of...

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  5. Shakespeare’s Military Language (2001 Radio)

    Series
    Lingua Franca
    Director
    Jill Kitson

    Australian radio series looking at all aspects of language. In this edition, Dr Charles Edelman, author of A Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Military Language (Athone Press, 2001) talks to presenter Jill...

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  6. War! (1997 Television)

    Series
    Conjuring Shakespeare
    Producer
    Jenny Bardwell

    Explores the authenticity of Henry V and considers the methods of its enactment and emphasis in the first performance in 1599 to the 1944 Olivier film version. There are contributions from a film historian,...

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  7. Sturm, Der: Ein Prolog (1993 Video)

    Director
    Angela Zumpe

    Experimental video by Angela Zumpe. ‘On a lonesome island at an indeterminate time, Prospero, the rightful ruler of Milan and master of this island, creates a storm with his magic power that throws the...

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  8. Why Are You Crying, Antonio? (1988 Film)

    Director
    Alexander Kluge

    Experimental film realised by Alexander Kluge.`Chamberlain, Mussolini and their aides attend a 1938 performance of [Verdi’s] Macbeth in Rome. This audience is itself made into the raw material of opera....

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  9. Danger Within (1959 Film)

    aka: Breakout

    Director
    Don Chaffey
    Producer
    Colin Lesslie

    Feature film adapted from Michael Gilbett’s 1952 novel ‘Death in Captivity’, based on his experiences as a POW in Italy during the Second World War. In the book the play being produced is Rudolf...

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  10. Diary for Timothy, A (1946 Film)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Producer
    Basil Wright

    Documentary. Jennings’ deeply felt vision of life in Britain during the final year of World War II as lived by four representative characters - an engine driver, a farmer, a miner and an injured fighter...

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