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23 results found for '"Shakespeare Memorial Theatre"' in Theatre.
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, The: 1919-1945 (1984 Multimedia)
- Series
- Theatre in Focus
Slide set. Since its opening in 1879 the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1961, has won worldwide acclaim for the staging of Shakespeare’s plays. The slides show the...
Coriolanus (1959 Audio)
- Director
- Peter Hall
Live sound recording of Coriolanus directed by Peter Hall for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre with Laurence Olivier in the title role. Recorded by Hal Rogers.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television, Video)
- Director
- Peter Hall
- Producer
- Hubbell Robinson
A version made for American television, but not transmitted, of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Charles Laughton as Bottom and Vanessa Redgrave as Helena.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television)
- Director
- Fletcher Markle; Peter Hall
A televised recording (although never transmitted) for NBC of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The production is prefaced by a short Prologue...
King John (1958 Radio)
- Director
- Douglas Seale
- Producer
- Norman Wright
Radio broadcast of Douglas Seale’s production of King John for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company. Adapted and produced for broadcasting by Norman Wright. With Robert Harris in the lead, Alec Clunes...
Getting Ready at Stratford (1958 Radio)
- Producer
- Paul Humphreys
Radio broadcast. Cyril Kegan Smith, costume supervisor for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, talks about the work involved in designing and preparing costumes for the final dress rehearsal of the company’s...
Cymbeline (1957 Radio)
- Director
- Peter Hall
- Producer
- Victor Menzies
Radio drama. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company’s production of Cymbeline directed for stage by Peter Hall and adapted and produced for radio by Victor Menzies. Peggy Ashcroft is Imogen and Richard...
Stratford First Night (1956 Television)
- Series
- Midlands News
News item (mute). Guests attending a party for the first night of Love’s Labour Lost at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford on 3rd July 1956. The play was directed by Peter Hall, his first...
Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1955 Television)
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre
- Director
- Glen Byam Shaw
- Producer
- Stephen Harrison (2); Barrie Edgar
A special telerecording of a Stratford-upon-Avon theatre production staged as part of the Stratford Festival in 1955. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw with a "Christmas card setting" designed by Motley. Even...
Antony and Cleopatra (1954 Radio)
- Director
- Glen Byam Shaw
- Producer
- Peter Watts
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced for broadcasting by Peter Watts from the 1953 production by Glen Byam Shaw at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. With Michael Redgrave and...