Library: Shakespeare: Recordings by Play

Series Information

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon - Filmed stage productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company. (UK)
British Broadcasting Company - A mix of stage and movie productions from the British Broadcasting Company (UK).
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) - A mix of stage and movie productions from Public Broadcasting Service (US).
Stratford Festival - Filmed stage productions from the Stratford Festival. Held in Stratford, Ontario, Canada this is North America's largest classical repertory theatre company with an emphasis on the plays of Shakespeare. (CA)
Shakespeare in Perspective - Short clips from the British Broadcasting Company that contextualizes Shakespeare's plays. (UK)
(AVON) - Name of a movie database.

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation. Moshinsky, Elijah, director; (1923), Sir Donald Sinden, performer; Simmons, James, performer; and others.
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
Publication Date: 1981

Anthony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Khan, Iqbal, 1970- stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Yorke, Griselda, producer.; Wyver, John, producer. Iqbal Khan directs Shakespeare's tragedy of love and duty, picking up the story where Julius Caesar ends. Following Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Torn between love and duty, Antony's military brilliance deserts him, and his passion leads the lovers to their tragic end.
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Publication Date: 2017
Antony and Cleopatra (AVON) by British Broadcasting Company (BBC). (1930), Colin Blakely, performer; (1928), Emrys James, performer; (1906), Esmond Knight, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1981
Antony and Cleopatra (AVON) by Avrich, Barry, film director.; Davies, Geraint Wyn, 1957- actor.; Griffin, Gary, stage director.; McIntosh, Yanna, actor.; (1900), Barry Avrich, director; (1957), and others. This filmed performance of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra at the Tom Patterson Theatre on September 25, 2014 features Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh.
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Publication Date: 2015

As You Like It

As You Like It. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Sykes, Kimberley, stage director.; Wyver, John, producer.; Lough, Robin, film director. Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.
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Publication Date: 2019
As You Like It (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Coleman, Basil, director; (1945), Helen Mirren, performer; Brian, Stirner, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1978
As You Like It. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 1, Episode 3 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Derkow, Barbara, director.; Brophy, Brigid, 1929-1995 speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, As You Like It, was written and presented by novelist Brigid Brophy and was filmed at West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of As You Like It directed by Basil Coleman.
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Publication Date: 1978

Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors (AVON) by (1910), Cyril Cusack, performer; Pearce, Joanne, performer; Dastor, Sam, performer; Kelly, David, performer; Rose, Geoffrey, performer; (1912), Dame Wendy Hiller, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983
The Comedy of Errors. Shakespeare in Perspective. Season 6, Episode 3 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Kirkwood, Sally, director.; Hudd, Roy, speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, The Comedy of Errors, was written and presented by comedian Roy Hudd and was filmed at the Famous City Music Hall and the Grand Theatre, Leeds, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Comedy of Errors directed by James Cellan Jones.
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Publication Date: 1983

Coriolanus

Coriolanus. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Lough, Robin, film director.; Wyver, John, producer. Shakespeare's war play, Coriolanus, is a tragedy based on the life of legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius, directed by Angus Jackson. Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. In this new city state struggling to find its feet, where the gap between rich and poor is widening every day, Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie.
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Publication Date: 2017
Coriolanus (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Moshinsky, Elijah, director; Lissek, Leon, performer; Rumney, Jon, performer; Kilmister, Russell, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1984
Coriolanus. Shakespeare in Perspective. Season 6, Episode 5 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation. Kirkwood, Sally, director.; Hackett, John, Sir, 1910-1997, speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, Coriolanus, was written and presented by General Sir John Hackett and filmed in England with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Tragedy of Coriolanus directed by Elijah Moshinsky.
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Publication Date: 1984
Coriolanus (AVON) by Avrich, Barry, film director, producer.; Edwards, Susan (Producer), producer.; Lepage, Robert, 1957- stage director.; Melbar Entertainment Group (Firm), production company.; Stratford Festival (Ont.) Although renowned as a fearless military leader, Caius Martius is unpopular among the plebeians, the common people of Rome, who resent his arrogance and equate him with the patrician elite whom they believe to be responsible for the current food shortage. Martius in turn despises the plebeians as cowardly, fickle and untrustworthy. For his extraordinary heroism in defeating the Volsces, enemies of Rome, and capturing the Volscian city of Corioles, Martius is honoured with the name of Coriolanus; he is also prevailed upon by his friends, and by his strong-willed mother, to run for consul, Rome's highest public office. But the warrior is no politician – and he faces unaccustomed enemies in the form of two tribunes of the people, Sicinius Velutus and Junius Brutus, who fan the flames of populism against him, with catastrophic results.
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Publication Date: 2019

Cymbeline

Cymbeline. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Still, Melly, stage director.; Woodward, Matt, film director.; Donegan, Zoe, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Bevan, Gillian, 1956- actor.; and others. Britain is in crisis. An ineffectual Queen Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of two of her children, Cymbeline's judgment is clouded. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart Posthumus in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. Behind the throne, a power-hungry figure plots to seize power by murdering them both. In exile Innogen's husband is tricked into believing she has been unfaithful to him and in an act of impulsive jealousy begins a scheme to have her murdered. Warned of the danger, Innogen runs away from court in disguise and begins a journey fraught with danger that will eventually reunite Cymbeline with a long-lost heir and reconcile the young lovers.
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Publication Date: 2016
Cymbeline (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Moshinsky, Elijah, director; Thomas, Hugh, performer; Delamain, Aimée, performer; (1931), Claire Bloom, performer; (1945), Helen Mirren, performer; (1943), and others. Britain is in crisis. An ineffectual Queen Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of two of her children, Cymbeline's judgment is clouded. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart Posthumus in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. Behind the throne, a power-hungry figure plots to seize power by murdering them both. In exile Innogen's husband is tricked into believing she has been unfaithful to him and in an act of impulsive jealousy begins a scheme to have her murdered. Warned of the danger, Innogen runs away from court in disguise and begins a journey fraught with danger that will eventually reunite Cymbeline with a long-lost heir and reconcile the young lovers.
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Publication Date: 1982

Hamlet

Hamlet. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Godwin, Simon, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Donegan, Zoe, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Essiedu, Paapa, 1990- actor.; and others. Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.
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Publication Date: 2016
Hamlet (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company, production company; Doran, Gregory, director.; Grant, Sebastian, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Tennant, David, 1971- actor.; Stewart, Patrick, 1940- actor.; and others. In 28, the UK's eminent Royal Shakespeare Company brought Hamlet - Shakespeare's most famous and perhaps most influential play - back to the stage, spoken in verse but with contemporary dress and David Tennant in the eponymous role. Tennant's interpretation garnered critical approval and Patrick Stewart - playing Claudius - was praised for a performance of great depth and complexity. In this specially-shot screen version of the stage play (filmed on location rather than in the theatre), Tennant and Stewart reprise their roles.
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Publication Date: 2009
Hamlet (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Bennett, Rodney, director; (1938), Sir Derek Jacobi, performer; (1931), Claire Bloom, performer; (1940), Patrick Stewart, performer; Allen, Patrick, performer; (1928), and others.
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Publication Date: 1980
Hamlet. Stratford Festival HD. (AVON) by Cimolino, Antoni, stage director.; O'Brien, Shelagh, film director.; Avrich, Barry, producer.; Goad, Jonathan, actor.; McKenna, Seanna, actor.; Davies, Geraint Wyn, 1957- actor.; and others. A ghostly visitor with a shocking secret, a daughter devastated by loss, a deadly duel and the most famous question in all of drama: Shakespeare's iconic tragedy will hold you spellbound. Jonathan Goad is witty and courageous in the title role, but also deeply human. The film excites and surprises at every turn, with a cast of some of the world's finest classical actors bringing to life the most intense and heart-breaking relationships the stage has ever seen.
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Publication Date: 2016
Hamlet. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 2, episode 6 by Wilson, David (Television director), director.; James, Clive, 1939- speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer.; British Broadcasting Corporation, production company. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, Hamlet, was written and presented by journalist Clive James with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark directed by Rodney Bennett.
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Publication Date: 1980

Henry IV, Part I

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. Henry IV. Part I (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Adams, Jeremy (Stage producer), producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Britton, Jasper, actor.; Hassell, Alex, 1980- actor.; and others. With his crown under threat from enemies both foreign and domestic, Henry IV prepares for war. As his father gets ready to defend his crown, Prince Hal is languishing in the taverns and brothels of London, revelling in the company of his friend, the notorious Sir John Falstaff. With the onset of war, Hal must confront his responsibilities to family and throne.
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Publication Date: 2014
Henry IV, Part I (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Giles, David, director; Edwards, Rob, performer; Brown, Robert, performer; Purchase, Bruce, performer; (1943), Robert Morris, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1979
King Henry IV. Act 1 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.; Caird, John, director.; Castledine, Annie, producer. Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising. BBC Television's Performance series of the 1995 Henry IV combines the two Parts into one adaptation with two films, Henry IV, Part 1 (1995) and Henry IV, Part 2 (1995).
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Publication Date: 1995

Henry IV, Part II

Henry IV. Part II. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Adams, Jeremy (Stage producer), producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Barnes-Worrell, Elliot, actor.; Bassindale, Martin, actor.; Britton, Jasper, actor.; Byrne, Antony, 1969- actor.; Chapman, Sean, actor.; and others. King Henry's health is failing but he is uncertain Hal is a worthy heir. Meanwhile, Falstaff is sent to the countryside to recruit fresh troops, where he gleefully indulges in the business of lining his own pockets. As the King's health continues to worsen, Hal must choose between duty and loyalty to an old friend in Shakespeare's heartbreaking conclusion to this pair of plays.
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Publication Date: 2014
Henry IV, Part II (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Giles, David, director; Edwards, Rob, performer; Brown, Robert, performer; Purchase, Bruce, performer; (1943), Robert Morris, performer; Rutherford, Norman, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1979
Henry IV, Part Two; Shakespeare in perspective. Season 2, episode 2 by British Broadcasting Corporation, production company; Wilson, David (Television director), director.; Emery, Fred, speaker.; Poole, Victor, producer. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, Henry IV, Part Two, was written and presented by journalist Fred Emery and was filmed at Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey, London, England, and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth directed by David Giles.
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Publication Date: 1979

Henry V

Henry V. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Fitzmaurice, Kevin, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Davies, Oliver Ford, actor.; Hassell, Alex, 1980- actor.; Mathurin, Dale, actor.; and others. Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. Laying claim to parts of France and following an insult from the French Dauphin, Henry gathers his troops and prepares for a war that he hopes will unite his country.
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Publication Date: 2015
Henry V (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Giles, David, director; Ashby, Robert, performer; Baxter, Trevor, performer; Beacham, Rob, performer; Broad, Simon, performer; Brown, Alan, performer; Chenery, Ronald, and others.
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Publication Date: 1979

Henry VI, Part I

Henry VI, Part I (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Howell, Jane, director; Benfield, John, performer; Benson, Peter, performer; Blackmore, Gerald, performer; Brown, Anthony (Actor), performer; Burke, David J., 1948- performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983
The First Part of King Henry the Sixth. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 5, episode 3 by British Broadcasting Corporation, Wilson, David (Television director), director.; Wood, Michael, 1948- speaker, screenwriter; and others. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, The First Part of Henry the Sixth, was written and presented by historian Michael Wood and was filmed at Westminster Abbey, London, England, Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England, and King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The First Part of King Henry the Sixth directed by Jane Howell.
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Publication Date: 1983

Henry VI, Part II

Henry VI, Part II (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Howell, Jane, director; Benfield, John, performer; Benson, Peter, performer; Brown, Anthony (Actor), performer; Burke, David J., 1948- performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983
The second part of King Henry the Sixth. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 5, episode 4 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Wilson, David (Television director), director.; Wood, Michael, 1948- speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, was written and presented by historian Michael Wood and was filmed at The Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, Knole (Knole House), Kent, England, and King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth directed by Jane Howell.
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Publication Date: 1983

Henry VI, Part III

Henry VI, Part II (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Howell, Jane, director; Benfield, John, performer; Benson, Peter, performer; Brown, Anthony (Actor), performer; Burke, David J., 1948- performer; Carroll, Anne, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983

Henry VIII

Henry VIII (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; West, Timothy, performer; Rowe, John, performer; Leith, Alan, performer; Bailey, John, performer; Bareham, Adam, performer; Daunton, Jeffrey, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1979

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Jackson, Angus, stage director.; Humphreys, Dewi, film director.; Yorke, Griselda, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; and others. Shakespeare's political thriller tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of his conspirators. Angus Jackson directs Shakespeare's epic political tragedy, as the race to claim Rome spirals out of control.
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Publication Date: 2017
Julius Caesar. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; (1926), Keith Michell, performer; Dastor, Sam, performer; Laurimore, Jon, performer; Sterland, John, performer; Hagon, Garrick, performer; (1929), Alexander Davion, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1979

King John

King John. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Rhode, Eleanor, stage director.; Huw, Rhodri, film director.; and others.
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Publication Date: 2021
King John. Stratford Festival HD. (AVON) by Stratford Festival. Avrich, Barry, film director.; Carroll, Tim (Theater director), stage director.; McCamus, Tom, actor.; McKenna, Seanna, actor.; (1900), Barry Avrich, director; (1900), and others. This performance of William Shakespeare's King John at the Tom Patterson Theatre on September 26, 2014 features Tom McCamus and Seana McKenna.
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Publication Date: 2015
King John (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Giles, David, director; Whymper, William, performer; Brown, Robert, performer; Costigan, George, performer; Lewin, Mike, performer; Owen, Luc, performer; (1931), Claire Bloom, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1984

King Lear

King Lear. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Donegan, Zoe, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Sher, Antony, 1949-2021, actor.; Gwynne, Nia, actor.; Williams, Kelly (Actor), actor.; and others. King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him.
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Publication Date: 2016
Performance. King Lear. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Eyre, Richard, 1943- director.; Birtwistle, Sue, producer.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; and others. King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers. This performance of King Lear from BBC's Performance Television series was adapted and directed by Richard Eyre.
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Publication Date: 1998
Tragedy Of King Lear: Structure, Speeches, & Staging (AVON) by Palomar Community College; Longtree, Chia, director.; Wisneski, Bill, producer director.; Wisneski, Bill, director; and others. This video provides an analysis of the structure of individual acts, important speeches from King Lear, scene by scene, and possible staging that might affect interpretation of the play.
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Publication Date: 2005

Love Labor's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Luscombe, Christopher, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Fitzmaurice, Kevin, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Alexander, Sam, 1978- actor.; Belchambers, William, actor.; Bennett, Edward, 1979- actor.; and others. The King and his friends take an oath to dedicate themselves to a life of study and avoid the company of women for three years. No sooner have they made their idealistic pledge than the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting arrive, presenting the men with a severe test of their high-minded resolve.
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Publication Date: 2015
Love's Labour's Lost. Stratford Festival HD. (AVON) by Stratford Festival; Caird, John, stage director.; Avrich, Barry, producer, film director.; Edwards, Susan (Producer), producer.; and others. Four young men swear off women to devote themselves to learning - only to fall for four attractive newcomers. Shakespeare's language reaches its most virtuosic heights in a vivacious comedy that will dazzle and delight.
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Publication Date: 2017
Love's Labour's Lost. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Moshinsky, Elijah, director; Kent, Jonathan, performer; (1945), John Kane, performer; Jesson, Paul, performer; Behean, Katy, performer; Navin, Paddy, performer; Williams, Frank, performer; Burgess, John, performer; (1936),; and others.
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Publication Date: 1985

Macbeth

Macbeth (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Findlay, Polly, stage director.; Fitzmaurice, Kevin, producer.; and others. Shakespeare's darkest psychological thriller.
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Publication Date: 2018
Macbeth (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Rowe, John, performer; (1938), David Lyon, performer; Henderson, Alistair, performer; Bowels, Tom, performer; Leighton, Will, performer; Lowe, Barry, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983
Great Performances. Macbeth (AVON) by Public Broadcasting Service; Goold, Rupert, director.; Grant, Sebastian, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Stewart, Patrick, 1940- actor.; Fleetwood, Kate, 1972- actor.; and other. Director Rupert Goold adapts his gripping stage production of Macbeth - with Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood reprising their Tony-nominated performances - into this edgy film adaptation, which relocates the bloody action to a nameless 20th-century netherworld.
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Publication Date: 2010

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Wyver, John, producer.; Lough, Robin, film director.; and others. Measure for Measure, written between 1603 and 1604, is seen as one of Shakespeare's problem plays due to its shift in mood. Vienna is beset with brothels and loose morality, so it's up to the Duke to provide some divine intervention.
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Publication Date: 2020
Measure For Measure (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Thacker, David, director.; Cregeen, Peter, producer.; and others. Sexually transmitted disease is reaching epidemic proportions. Prostitution, licentiousness and petty crime are on the increase and a new government reintroduces capital punishment for sexual offences. Modern themes in an age-old play as William Shakespeare explores the darker side of society.
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Publication Date: 1994
Measure for Measure. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; (1926), Desmond Davis, director; (1950), Kate Nelligan, performer; (1943), John McEnery, performer; Jones, Ellis, performer; Clegg, John; and others.
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Publication Date: 1979

Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Findlay, Polly, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Donegan, Zoe, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Ballard, Jamie, actor.; Khouri, Makram, actor.; Ferran, Patsy, actor.; Albina, Nadia, actor.; and others. A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
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Publication Date: 2015
The Merchant of Venice. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Martin, Roger, performer; Udwin, Leslee, performer; Gale, Peter, performer; Austin, Richard, performer; (1920), and others.
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Publication Date: 1980
The Merchant of Venice: Structure, Speeches, & Staging (AVON) by Palomar Community College; Longtree, Chia, director.; Wisneski, Bill, producer director.; Wisneski, Bill, director; and others. This video provides an analysis of the structure of individual acts, important speeches from The Merchant of Venice, scene by scene, and possible staging that might affect interpretation of the play.
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Publication Date: 2005

Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Wyver, John, producer.; Laird, Fiona, stage director.; Humphreys, Dewi, film director.; and others.
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Publication Date: 2018
The Merry Wives of Windsor. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Joyce, John, performer; (1914), Ralph Brown, performer; (1943), Ben Kingsley, performer; Chandler, Simon, performer; Mair, Crispin, performer; (1971); and others. Shakespeare's comedy of romantic misdemeanours. Sir John Falstaff is in love with both Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, the wives of two wealthy Windsor residents. But the ladies play cruel tricks on him and Falstaff's romantic hopes are finally dashed late one night.
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Publication Date: 1982

Midsummer Night's Dream

Midsummer Night's Dream (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Moshinsky, Elijah, director; (1928), Nigel Davenport, performer; Mellor, Cherith, performer; Fowler, John, performer; Mort, Ray, performer; (1958), Phil Daniels, performer; (1945), Helen Mirren, performer; and others. Shakespeare's classic comedy in which lovers Hermia and Lysander run away together to the forest on the outskirts of Athens. Hermia is pursued by the smitten Demetrius, who is in turn followed by Helena. Matters become even more confused when the Fairy King and Queen decide to interfere.
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Publication Date: 1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream by BBC Worldwide; Kerr, David, 1967- director.; Wilson, Nikki, producer.; Davies, Russell T., screenwriter.; and others. Classic Shakespeare play adapted for television by Russell T Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, and young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father. Meanwhile, in the town below, amateur theatre group the Mechanicals rehearse, with all their comic rivalries. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring.
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Publication Date: 2016

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing, or, Love's Labour's Won. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Luscombe, Christopher, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Fitzmaurice, Kevin, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Horovitch, David, actor.; Terry, Michelle (Actress), actor.; and others. A group of soldiers return from the war. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own altogether more combative courtship.
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Publication Date: 2015
Much Ado About Nothing. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Faulkner, Tim, performer; Levy, Katherine, performer; Reynolds, Robert, performer; Whiting, Gordon, performer; Rohr, Tony, performer; Moiseiwitsch, Pamela, performer; Bennison, Ishia, performer; and other.
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Publication Date: 1984

Othello

Othello. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Khan, Iqbal, 1970- stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Donegan, Zoe, producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Quarshie, Hugh, actor.; Vanderham, Joanna, actor.; Msamati, Lucian, 1976- actor.; and others. Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies. But he is also an outsider whose victories have created enemies of his own, men driven by prejudice and jealousy to destroy him. As they plot in the shadows, Othello realises too late that the greatest danger lies not in the hatred of others, but his own fragile and destructive pride.
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Publication Date: 2015
Othello, the Moor of Venice. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; edley, Anthony, performer; Hoskins, Bob, performer; (1937), Sir Anthony Hopkins, performer; (1929), and other.
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Publication Date: 1981

Pericles

The Adventures of Pericles. Stratford Festival HD. (AVON) by Stratford Festival; Wentworth, Scott, stage director.; Avrich, Barry, film director, producer.; Buliung, Evan, actor.; Adler, Marion (Actor), actor.; Hay, Deborah (Actor), actor.; and others. A storm at sea brings love into the life of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; another snatches it away. This magical production of Shakespeare's epic tale follows a fairy-tale hero on a miraculous journey as fate guides the wandering hero to one of literature's most poignant reunions. Evan Buliung gives a sweeping performance, portraying the dashing young prince with verve and swagger, and taking him into his elder years with sorrowful tenderness. It is a story rarely told, and one you won't soon forget. Filmed live on stage at the Stratford Festival as part of the 2016 Stratford Festival HD Series. Audience Advisory: Addresses mature themes including the suggestion of incest without any on film depiction.
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Publication Date: 2016
Pericles, Prince of Tyre. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Ashby, Robert, performer; Mitchell, Iain, performer; Godfrey, Patrick, performer; Salaman, Toby, performer; Saul, Christopher, performer; Derrington, Richard, performer; Allen, Patrick, performer; (1956); and others.
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Publication Date: 1984

Richard II

Richard II. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Adams, Jeremy (Stage producer), producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Tennant, David, 1971- actor.; Hamilton, Emma, 1984- actor.; Pennington, Michael, 1943- actor.; and others. A story of power and plotting, Richard II is the first of Shakespeare's four plays about the House of Lancaster. Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran directs David Tennant in the title role.
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Publication Date: 2013
Richard II. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Giles, David, director; (1938), Sir Derek Jacobi, performer; (1904), Sir John Gielgud, performer; (1912), and others.
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Publication Date: 1978

Richard III

Richard III. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation. Howell, Jane, director; Benson, Peter, performer; Brown, Anthony (Actor), performer; Burke, David J., 1948- performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983
Richard III: RSC Approaches. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Teachers TV/UK Department of Education. English teachers discover how to teach Richard III as a performance text in a specially commissioned workshop with the Royal Shakespeare Company Learning department. Jacqui O'Hanlon, RSC Head of Professional Development, uses practical exercises to help teachers understand the plays through doing. The workshop kicks off with a warm-up exercise designed to encourage an emotional connection with the sinister world of Richard III. The teachers produce an image from a line of text designed to physically root their understanding of the play's themes of mistrust and abuse of power. RSC practitioner Rachel Gartside takes the teachers through a collective role play giving teachers an anchor into one of the key scenes as they are encouraged to find their own words to connect to the dilemmas their character faces. The teachers then take turns to read punctuation mark to punctuation mark in order to deal in an egalitarian way with the nervousness of reading in public.
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Publication Date: 2006

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo & Juliet. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Caldwell, Bridget, film director.; Whyman, Erica, stage director.; Wyver, John, producer.; and others. This contemporary production played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Barbican in London, and on a 2019 national tour. The show featured Bally Gill and Karen Fishwick in the title roles and used young people from the different regions visited to perform as the Chorus alongside the professional cast. In 2019, the tour visited Norwich, Newcastle, Bradford, Nottingham, Blackpool, Cardiff and Glasgow.
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Publication Date: 2018
Romeo and Juliet. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; (1904), Sir John Gielgud, performer; (1908), Laurence Naismith, performer; (1948), Anthony Andrews, performer; (1946), Alan Rickman, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1978
Romeo & Juliet. Stratford Festival. (AVON) by Stratford Festival / Melbar Entertainment Group. Falling headlong in love, two teenagers defy the long-simmering hatred between their families – but daring to love one’s enemy comes with a terrible cost. The famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers has never been more heartbreaking than in this captivating production by the Stratford Festival.
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Publication Date: 2017

Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Audibert, Justin, stage director.; Caldwell, Bridget, film director.; Wyver, John, producer.; and others. We turn Shakespeare's fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power, directed by Justin Audibert.
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Publication Date: 2019
The Taming of the Shrew. Stratford Festival. (AVON) by Stratford Festival; Abraham, Chris, stage director.; Avrich, Barry, producer, film director.; and others. Courtship or conquest? The breakdown of a defiant spirit or a breakthrough that liberates a heart deprived of love? From the world-renowned Stratford Festival, this scintillating production of Shakespeare's boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, will stir your emotions as you follow the love story of Katherina and Petruchio -- the feisty couple at the centre of Shakespeare's fiercest and funniest battle of wills.
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Publication Date: 2016
The Taming of the Shrew (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation. Chandler, Simon, performer; Pedley, Anthony, performer; Waters, Harry, performer; Kincaid, David, performer; Willis, Bev, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1980

Tempest

The Tempest. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Humphreys, Dewi, film director.; Ellis, Sarah (Producer), producer.; Fitzmaurice, Kevin, producer.; and others. On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.
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Publication Date: 2017
The Tempest. Stratford Festival. (AVON) by Stratford Festival; Cimolino, Antoni, stage director.; Avrich, Barry, film director, producer.; Edwards, Susan (Producer), producer.; and others. For twelve years, Prospero, former Duchess of Milan and a practitioner of the magical arts, has been marooned on a remote island with her daughter, Miranda. They landed there by chance after Prospero's brother, Antonio (aided by Alonso, King of Naples), deposed her from her throne and cast her and Miranda – then not quite three years old – out to sea in a decaying and ill-equipped vessel. Prospero has spent her exile establishing dominion over the island's other inhabitants, the monstrous creature Caliban and the spirit Ariel. Now, alerted by a sign in the heavens that Antonio and Alonso are within reach of her vengeance, she uses her magical powers to raise a storm at sea that brings them and the others aboard their ship, including Alonso's son, Ferdinand, to the same island. With Ariel's help, Prospero orchestrates a confrontation with her old enemies – and a new destiny for Miranda.
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Publication Date: 2019
The Tempest. Stratford Festival (AVON) by Stratford Festival. Christopher Plummer, Geraint Wyn Davies, John Vickery, Claire Lautier, Amanda Lisman, Dion Johnstone, and others. The Tempest follows the story of Prospero (Christopher Plummer), the banished Duke of Milan. Marooned on a distant island with his daughter, Miranda (Trish Lindström), Prospero has spent twelve years perfecting his magic arts. Now, with the help of the spirit Ariel (Julyana Soelistyo), he raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of dukedom.
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Publication Date: 2012

Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Godwin, Simon, stage director.; Huw, Rhodri, film director.; Donegan, Zoe, producer.; and others. In a world driven by greed, what do we truly value? Timon has it all -- money, influence, friends. Surely it can't last? When the money runs out, Timon soon finds her influence and friends have also gone. Left alone, she flees Athens to take refuge in the woods, cursing the city she once loved.
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Publication Date: 2019
Timon of Athens. Stratford Festival. (AVON) by Stratford Festival / Melbar Entertainment Group. Timon’s compulsive generosity makes him the most popular man in Athens – until his funds run out. Now, embittered by ingratitude, what will he do when his city comes under attack? This stirring production from the Stratford Festival is a heartbreaking masterpiece.
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Publication Date: 2017

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; McIntyre, Blanche, stage director.; Woodward, Matthew, film director.; Yorke, Griselda, producer.; and others. Titus has returned from a brutal 10-year war having lost 21 sons in battle. Betrayed by his nation, and with his family in pieces, a series of bloody events follows as he and Tamora, Queen of the Goths begin a violent cycle of revenge. Rape, cannibalism, mutilation and murder are the gruesome tools in Shakespeare's bloodiest play. Blanche McIntyre directs this chillingly contemporary Titus Andronicus. Filmed live in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in July 2017.
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Publication Date: 2017
Titus Andronicus (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Howell, Jane, director; Prowles, Paul Davies, performer; (1917), Walter Brown, performer; Gecks, Nicholas, performer; Fuke, Derek, performer; Searles, Peter, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1985
Titus Andronicus. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 7, Episode 5 by British Broadcasting Corporation; Kirkwood, Sally, director.; Clare, Anthony W., speaker, screenwriter.; and others. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, Titus Andronicus, was written and presented by psychiatrist Anthony Clare and was filmed at the Video Palace and Highgate Cemetery, London, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Titus Andronicus directed by Jane Howell.
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Publication Date: 1985

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus & Cressida. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Doran, Gregory, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Wyver, John, producer. Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy, their innocence is tested and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war with tragic consequences.
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Publication Date: 2018
Troilus and Cressida. (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Harvey, Max, performer; Walmsley, Peter, performer; Pedley, Anthony, performer; Cutter, Simon, performer; Birkett, Jack, performer; Sharling, Elayne, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1981
Troilus and Cressida. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 4, Episode 2 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Wilson, David (Television director), director.; Hunt, David, 1913-1998, speaker, screenwriter.; and others. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, Troilus and Cressida, was written and presented by diplomat Sir David Hunt and was filmed at the British Museum in London, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Troilus and Cressida directed by Jonathan Miller.
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINE
Publication Date: 1981

Twelfth Night

Twelfth night. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Luscombe, Christopher, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Wyver, John, producer. Shakespeare's hilarious yet heart-breaking tale of unrequited love.
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Publication Date: 2018
Twelfth Night & As You Like It With Joely Richardson (AVON) by Public Broadcasting Service PBS; Richardson, Joely, on-screen presenter.; Sutherland, Janice, producer, director.; Sutherland, Janice, director; Sutherland, Janice, producer; (1965), and others. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Joely Richardson looks into a pair of cross-dressing comedies, with their missing twins, mistaken identities, and characters in disguise: Shakespeare's As You Like It and Twelfth Night.
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Publication Date: 2013

Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. (AVON) by Royal Shakespeare Company; Godwin, Simon, stage director.; Lough, Robin, film director.; Adams, Jeremy (Stage producer), producer.; Wyver, John, producer.; Arends, Mark, actor.; Barnes-Worrell, Elliot, actor.; and others. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays and also one of the most rarely performed. It's about betrayal, love and disguise.
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Publication Date: 2014
Two Gentlemen of Verona (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Charnley, Hetta, performer; Hudson, John, performer; Kaby, Nicholas, performer; Pearce, Joanne, performer; Flynn, Daniel, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1983
The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 6, episode 4 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Kirkwood, Sally, director.; Davies, Russell, speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, was written and presented by journalist Russell Davies and was filmed at St. John's College, Cambridge, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Don Taylor.
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Publication Date: 1983

Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Howell, Jane, director; Burke, David J., 1948- performer; Kendall, Merelina, performer; Kavanagh, Leonard, performer; Baily, John, performer; Relton, William, performer; and others.
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Publication Date: 1981
The Winter's Tale. Shakespeare Uncovered. Season 3, Episode 5 (AVON) by Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher; Stockley, Nikki, director, producer. ; Beale, Simon Russell, narrator Simon Russell Beale presents The Winter's Tale -- an intense psychological drama, driven by passion and obsession. In this play, Shakespeare pushes theatrical technique to its limits, and offers us an astonishing ending full of hope.
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Publication Date: 2018
The Winter's Tale. Shakespeare in perspective. Season 3, episode 4 (AVON) by British Broadcasting Corporation; Wilson, David (Television director), director.; Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995, speaker, screenwriter.; Poole, Victor, producer. The BBC produced Shakespeare in Perspective, a series of 25-minute personal introductions to individual plays by an eclectic range of presenters from the literary (Anthony Burgess, Dennis Potter, Jilly Cooper) to the scholarly (Germaine Greer, Frank Kermode, Michael Wood) to the celebrity (Roy Hudd, George Melly, Barry Took). These usually took the form of straight-to-camera addresses from assorted locations with some connection to the play, which were intercut with extracts from the accompanying BBC Shakespeare production, usually screened later that evening. This Shakespeare in Perspective episode, The Winter's Tale, was written and presented by poet and novelist Stephen Spender and was filmed at Wilton House, Wiltshire, England, with extracts from the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Winter's Tale directed by Jane Howell.
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Publication Date: 1981

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