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28 results found for '"Michael Billington"' in Person.

  • Ken Dodd: In His Own Words (2017 Television)

    aka: Ken Dodd: My Life - In His Own Words

    Director
    Liam Carroll
    Producer
    Liam Carroll

    Reflecting on his long and varied career in show business; British comedian, Ken Dodd, describes his forays into Shakespeare. Fellow actor and friends describe his talent for Shakespearean theatre focussing...

  • Is Shakespeare Always Political? (2016 Audio)

    Accompanying event to the British Library’s ‘Shakespeare in Ten Acts’ exhibition. The panellists discuss the political themes within Shakespeare’s plays and consider how he voiced the political...

  • 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...

  • Today [06/08/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Today

    In this 5-minute item from a longer programme, presenter Evan Davis hears from theatre critic Michael Billington on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Hamlet, starring Doctor Who actor David...

  • Miss Moneypenny’s Metre (2006 Radio)

    Producer
    Tom Alban

    Radio programme on the speaking of Shakespeare’s verse. Samantha Bond examines whether there is a ‘right way’ of speaking Shakespeare’s dramatic verse. Besides consulting Judi Dench, she interviews...

  • Rsc’s Complete Works Festival (2006 Radio)

    Series
    Night Waves

    Midway through the Royal Shakespeare Company’s grand plan to stage all of Shakespeare’s plays and poems in one venue, part of this episode of BBC Radio 3’s nightly programme of ideas, culture and...

  • Antony and Cleopatra (2001 Film, Video)

    aka: Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, The

    Series
    Shakespearean Drama
    Director
    Lawrence Carra
    Producer
    Ken Campbell (2)

    An American television movie version of the play, in which the costumes and reproduction of the Globe theatre stage contribute to recreating of 16th-century performance. Uses a modern English narrative....

  • Role Play: Lady Macbeth (1998 Radio)

    aka: Lady Macbeth

    Series
    Postcript

    Radio programme. A five-part series in which Michael Billington talks to actors and singers about their experiences of playing the same character in theatrical and operatic productions. In episode 2 Kristine...

  • Role Play [14/07/1997] (1997 Radio)

    Series
    Role Play
    Producer
    Fiona McLean

    Radio series in five parts in which Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertoire. In the first episode Michael Pennington and Fiona Shaw discuss the figure of Richard II.

  • Role Play [18/07/1997] (1997 Radio)

    Series
    Role Play
    Producer
    Fiona McLean

    Radio series in six parts in which Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertoire. In the fifth and final episode Simon Russell Beale and David Troughton discuss the figure of Richard III.