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Henry IV. Part 2: An Introduction (1971 Film, Video)
- Director
- Peter Seabourne
- Producer
- John Seabourne
An introduction to the play’s theme or atmosphere, designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same actors play several roles, thus showing how the plays were...
King Lear (1971 Film)
- Director
- Peter Brook
- Producer
- Michael Birkett
The relentlessly cold and unemotional interpretation was heavily influenced by the essay, ‘King Lear or Endgame’, in which the Polish poet/critic/academic Jan Kott argued that Lear should be interpreted...
Korol Lir (1971 Film)
aka: Korol Lir
- Director
- Grigori Kozintsev
Feature film based on a translation by Boris Pasternak and scored by Dmitri Shostakovich. Jüri Järvet is Lear. Kozintsev’s Lear ‘goes for the wide anle, depicting how the insanity of one man...brings...
Macbeth (1971 Film)
aka: Tragedy of Macbeth
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Producer
- Andrew Braunsberg
Feature film. Haunting and unsparing in the realism, Polanski’s unique and pessimistic vision confronts both the dark comic elements and terror of the play’s violence. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis are...
Merchant of Venice, The: An Introduction (1971 Video)
- Director
- Peter Seabourne
- Producer
- John Seabourne
Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A: An Introduction (1971 Video)
- Director
- Peter Seabourne
- Producer
- John Seabourne
Part of a series of educational films intended as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same actors play...
Othello (1971 Audio)
- Director
- George Rylands
Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, with Richard Johnson as Othello and Ian Holm as Iago.
Romeo and Juliet: An Introduction (1971 Video)
- Director
- Peter Seabourne
- Producer
- John Seabourne
Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...
Shakespeare: A Mirror to Man (1971 Film)
- Series
- Western Civilisation: Majesty and Madness
- Director
- Ian Brims
Instructional programme. Eileen Atkins and Brian Cox introduce scenes from Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello. They play all the roles, changing costumes and make-up. Between scenes they give...
Taming of the Shrew: An Introduction, The (1971 Video)
- Director
- Peter Seabourne
- Producer
- John Seabourne
Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...