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17 results found for '"Richard Briers"' in Person.
As You Like It (2007 Film)
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Producer
- Kenneth Branagh; Judy Hofflund; Simon Moseley
Feature film of As You Like It set in 19th century Japan. Adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh with David Oyelowo as Orlando and Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind.
Midsummer Night’s Dream / Richard II / Twelfth Night (2000 Video)
- Series
- Shakespeare: Text and Performance, Course Aa306
Four programmes relating to course AA306: Band 1) Staging Dreams: explores how magic can be represented in the modern theatre. Features extracts from several productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Band...
Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000 Film, Video)
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Producer
- David Barron; Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh’s production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost filmed as a classic 1930s’ musical.
In Search of Hamlet with Jonathan Ross (1997 Television)
- Director
- Tina Jenkins; Gerry Dowd
- Producer
- Mark Tinkler; Tina Jenkins
Television programme. An irreverent look at Shakespeare’s Hamlet with contributions from actors, many of them American. At one point John Sessions and Kenneth Branagh perform the ‘to be, or not to be,...
Hamlet (1996 Film)
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Producer
- David Barron
A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 Film, Video)
aka: Midwinter’s Tale, A
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Producer
- David Barron
Feature film. Behind the scenes of a Christmas production of Hamlet. The amateur British actors include a drunk, an ex-child star, and a camp pantomime dame. Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed the film but...
King Lear (1994 Audio, Radio)
aka: Tragedy of King Lear, The
- Series
- Sunday Play
- Director
- Glyn Dearman
- Producer
- Kenneth Branagh; Glyn Dearman
Radio version of the play, co-produced by the Renaissance Theatre Company and BBC Radio 3. With John Gielgud in the title role. Incidental music by Patrick Doyle. Produced in celebration of John Gielgud’s...
Shakespeare - Playing the Dane (1994 Television)
aka: Playing the Dane
- Producer
- Anthony Lee
Actors who have played Hamlet discuss why they perceive the role as a benchmark in their careers. The programme includes stills and film extracts from performances by Olivier, Richard Burton and Mel Gibson.
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 Film, Video)
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Producer
- David Parfitt
Lavish and festive feature film adaptation of the play set in Tuscany and using a British and pan-American cast. Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation is ‘full of sunny high spirits and still terrific fun to...
Romeo and Juliet (1993 Audio)
- Director
- Glyn Dearman
The Renaissance Theatre Company production of the play with Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond in the title roles.