All the World’s a Screen: Shakespeare on Film
- Synopsis
- Documentary. Explores the history of films based on Shakespeare’s plays. There are interview extracts with Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Roman Polanski, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Franco Zeffirelli, George Cukor, Baz Luhrmann, Peter Brook and Grigori Kozintsev, Narrated by Penelope Wilton.
- Series
- Arena
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 24 Apr 2016 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC4)
- Duration
- 60 mins
Credits
- Director
- David Thompson
- Producer
- Adrian Wootton; David Thompson
- Writer
- Adrian Wootton; David Thompson
- Contributor
- Penelope Wilton
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama; Film studies
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare on film
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "All the World’s a Screen: Shakespeare on Film". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77049 (Accessed 04 Nov 2024)