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10 results found for '"John Hurt"' in Person.
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.
Henry V (2012 Television)
- Series
- Hollow Crown, The
- Director
- Thea Sharrock
- Producer
- Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Television version of the play directed by Thea Sharrock with Tom Hiddleston in the title role.
Paul Scofield (2008 Television)
- Series
- Arena
- Director
- David Thompson
- Producer
- Rosemary Tratt
Television documentary celebrating the work of Paul Scofield. Includes footage of Scofield on tour in Romania with the RSC production of King Lear directed by Peter Brook in 1964. Shots of the cast getting...
V for Vendetta (2006 Film)
- Director
- James McTeigue
- Producer
- Joel Silver; Grant Hill; Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
Feature film. Set in London in 2020 when Britain has become a Fascist state, a freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman)...
Laurence Olivier Presents King Lear (2002 Television)
- Director
- Michael Elliott
- Producer
- David Plowright
Television production of the play, set in the year 800 and staged entirely in Granada’s Manchester studio, and one of the few not based on a prior stage production. With music specially composed by Gordon...
Romeo-Juliet (1990 Film)
- Director
- Armando Acosta
- Producer
- Armando Acosta; Paul Celis; Lanny Mickelson; Andree Castagne
Film version of Romeo and Juliet casting the feral cats of Venice, New York and Ghent as actors with voices dubbed by established actors of the British theatre. Filmed as a concert, with music from Prokofiev...
Richard II (1986 Radio)
- Director
- Richard Wortley
- Producer
- Richard Wortley
Radio adaptation of the play produced and directed by Richard Wortley. With John Hurt in the title role and David Suchet as Bolingbroke. Music composed by Ilona Sekacz.
Farewell Thou Art Too Dear for My Possession (1985 Television, Video)
- Series
- Sonnets of Shakespeare
- Producer
- Kevin Billington
Sonnet 87 read in costume by John Hurt, followed by a discussion of the Sonnet by Dr Nicholas Humphrey. Dr Humphries argues that although the sonnet looks a love poem, it more accurately describes the deep...
Two Loves I Have of Comfort and Despair (1985 Audio, Video)
- Series
- Sonnets of Shakespeare
Sonnet 144 read in costume by John Hurt, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Professor Leslie Fiedler who sees the poem as the key to understanding the whole cycle. The sonnet is then performed again...
Tempest, The (1964 Audio)
- Director
- Peter Wood
A recording of the play in its entirety, edited by G.B. Harrison, with music by Wilfred Josephs conducted by Neville Marriner. Michael Redgrave is Prospero.