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  1. Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff, The (1959 Television)

    Series
    For the Schools
    Director
    Ronald Eyre
    Producer
    Ronald Eyre

    Schools broadcast based on the two parts of Henry IV, which was presented as a mini-series in seven parts following the fortunes of Falstaff. With music specially composed by Kenneth Leighton, starring Roger...

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  2. Hamlet I: The Age of Elizabeth (1959 Film, Video)

    Series
    Hamlet
    Director
    John Barnes; Michael Langham; Floyd Rinker

    Maynard Mack, Yale University, uses portraits (e.g. Sir Francis Drake), maps (Visscher’s View) and models (Globe Playhouse) to discuss the relationship between the age of Elizabeth and Hamlet. He reflects...

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  3. William Shakespeare (1955 Film)

    Director
    John Barnes
    Producer
    John Barnes

    Shows the boyhood of Shakespeare in Stratford and his career in London as actor and dramatist. Conveys impressions of the Elizabethan stage, particularly the Globe Theatre. There are short excerpts from...

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  4. Wars of the Roses, The: King Henry VI, Part 3 (1952 Radio)

    aka: King Henry VI, Part 3

    Series
    Wars of the Roses, The
    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Radio version of the play adapted and produced by Peter Watts and broadcast as part of a sequence of Shakespeare’s histories. With Donald Wolfit as Richard and Sonia Dresdel as Margaret of Anjou. The...

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  5. David Garrick (1946 Radio)

    Producer
    Edward Livesey

    Radio portrait of English actor and theatrical manager David Garrick (1717-1779) written by Walter Allen. Garrick played seventeen Shakespearian parts and tried his hand at several adaptations of...

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  6. Antony and Cleopatra (1942 Radio)

    Producer
    Val Gielgud

    Full version of Shakespeare’s play adapted for radio by Barbara Burnham and produced by Val Gielgud. With Godfrey Tearle and Constance Cummings in the title roles. Denys Blakelock narrates.

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  7. Rosalynde in Arden (1941 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell

    Radio play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Creswell. Scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It are supplemented by text from Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge, a romance which Shakespeare used as...

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  8. Will Shakespeare (1931 Radio)

    Producer
    Val Gielgud

    Radio adaptation of the play which was originally written for the stage by British playwright Clemence Dane (1888-1965). Produced by Val Gielgud, this production was adapted for radio by the author. The plot...

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