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7 results found for '"old people"' in Keywords.
Tender Thing, A (2012 Video)
- Director
- Helena Kaut-Howson
Video recording of Ben Power’s play which takes Romeo and Juliet as a starting point for a story about two older lovers. Though the words are all Shakespeare’s, the scenes have been shuffled and speeches...
Slippered Pantaloons (2012 Radio)
- Producer
- Rob Alexander
Radio programme exploring how actors come to terms with ageing, and draws parallels with how old age is portrayed on stage and screen. From characters like Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave via...
Front Row [11/03/2010] (2010 Radio)
- Series
- Front Row
As part of the radio arts review programme, presenter John Wilson reports on Bristol Old Vic’s production of Juliet and Her Romeo, directed by Tom Morris. Developed since 1997 in collaboration with...
Culture Show, The [04/03/2010] (2010 Television)
- Series
- Culture Show, The
Topical arts magazine series presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Includes a c7 minute item, presented by Clemency Burton-Hill, on Juliet and her Romeo, a version of Romeo and Juliet at Bristol Old Vic Theatre...
Woman’s Hour [16/03/2010] (2010 Radio)
aka: Sian Phillips
- Series
- Woman’s Hour
Radio programme. Sian Phillips talks to Jane Garvey about playing Juliet at the age of 76 in Bristol Old Vic’s production of Juliet and Her Romeo, directed by Tom Morris. Developed since 1997 in...
Do Not Go Gentle (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Philippa Ritchie
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of the challenges and consolations of old age. An extract from Cymbeline ('Fear no more’) are read by actors Barbara Jefford and...
Will Power (2002 Radio)
- Producer
- Mark Whitaker
Radio documentary. Twice a week for almost ten years 61-year-old actor Bob Smith (author of the memoir Hamlet’s Dresser) has travelled to New York City from his home in Connecticut to read Shakespeare with...