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84 results found for '"Derek Jacobi"' in Person.

  • Sir Derek Jacobi (2023 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Podcast, The

    Podcast. Hosted by director Jake Murray, a founder member of the Elysium Theatre Company, this is the first in a series of podcasts made as part of a collaboration between Elysium and Durham University for...

  • Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Name (2022 Television)

    aka: Nothing is Truer Than Truth

    Director
    Cheryl Eagan-Donovan

    Documentary supporting the claim that Edward de Vere was the real author of the plays attributed to William Shakespeare. Features interviews with Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance, who both subscribe to the theory.

  • Derek Jacobi: Playing Hamlet (2018 Audio)

    aka: Episode 91

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Esther French; Richard Paul

    Sir Derek Jacobi reflects on his first of 400 performances of Hamlet beginning at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1957. He shares his personal discovery of the meaning of Hamlet’s words and his motivations.

  • Derek Jacobi: Acting Shakespeare (2018 Audio)

    aka: Episode 92

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Esther French; Richard Paul

    In the second of two interviews about his career and Shakespeare, Sir Derek Jacobi talks about the highs and lows from collaborating with Kenneth Branagh and performing alongside Laurence Olivier to being...

  • This Orient Isle. Episode 5 (2016 Radio)

    Series
    Book of the Week
    Producer
    David Roper

    Radio broadcast. Professor Jerry Brotton examines Queen Elizabeth I’s fascination with the Orient and Britain’s first contacts with the Muslim world. Read by Derek Jacobi. 5: How the London stage...

  • Muse of Fire: A Shakespearean Road Movie (2013 Film)

    Director
    Dan Poole; Giles Terera
    Producer
    Giles Terera; Dan Poole

    Independent and self-funded documentary. Actors/directors Dan Poole and Giles Terera travel the world asking actors, directors, students and the public about their experiences of Shakespeare.

  • Richard II (2012 Television)

    Series
    Shakespeare Uncovered
    Director
    John Holdsworth
    Producer
    John Holdsworth

    Derek Jacobi discusses Richard II. Jacobi comments on his own interpretation of Richard in the BBC Television Shakespeare series and states at the end of the programme that knowing what he knows about the...

  • Last Will and Testament (2012 Television)

    Director
    Laura Wilson; Lisa Wilson
    Producer
    Laura Wilson; Lisa Wilson

    Documentary. The first part of the film tells the orthodox story of William Shakespeare of Stratford and the longstanding views held by academia. Professors Stanley Wells and Jonathan Bate defend the...

  • Anonymous (2011 Film)

    Director
    Roland Emmerich
    Producer
    Roland Emmerich; Larry J. Franco; Robert Leger

    Feature film. A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare - Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex...

  • King Lear (2011 Video)

    Director
    Michael Grandage

    A recording of the production of King Lear directed by Michael Grandage with Derek Jacobi in the title role that was broadcast live in cinemas on 3 February 2011 as part of the NT Live project.