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  • Twelfth Night: The Play Itself (1959 Television)

    Series
    For Schools
    Director
    Roger Jenkins

    Television schools production. The play was broadcast in the schools slot following the eight-part series TWELFTH NIGHT (21/01/1959-11/03/1959) which discussed various aspects of the play with performances...

  • Hamlet (1959 Television)

    Series
    Dupont Show of the Month
    Director
    Ralph Nelson
    Producer
    Ralph Nelson; Paul Orr

    Television drama which is a recording of the Old Vic Company’s Hamlet introduced by Fredric March. John Neville is Hamlet.

  • Inhibition (1959 Television)

    Series
    Laughter’s a Funny Business: A Forum on Comedy
    Director
    Greg Harney
    Producer
    Greg Harney

    US documentary series analysing the physiology and psychology of laughter. In episode 4, INHIBITION, E.B. Pettit (Chairman of Arts, Brandeis University) explains Freud’s theory that laughter helps people...

  • Shakespeare Without Tears (1959 Television)

    Series
    Frankie Howerd in...
    Director
    Eric Miller

    BBC television comedy series. Billed as ‘an episode in the life of a laughing stock of television’. Howerd plays an out-of-work, frustrated, small part actor, desperate to secure a Shakespearean role....

  • Othello (1959 Audio)

    Director
    Tony Richardson

    A live recording of the 1959 production staged at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford upon Avon by Tony Richardson; with Paul Robeson as Othello and Sam Wanamaker as Iago. Recorded by Hal Rogers.

  • Festival of Two Worlds from Spoleto, Italy (1959 Television)

    Series
    Ed Sullivan Show
    Producer
    Marlo Lewis; Ed Sullivan; Gian-Carlo Menotti

    Us television variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. This special broadcast covering the annual Festival of Two Worlds from Spoleto includes John Gielgud speaking a soliloquy from Richard II and Nora Kaye and...

  • Witch’s Tangled Hare, A (1959 Film)

    Series
    Looney Tunes
    Director
    Abe Levitow

    Animation. The credits appear over a blasted heath. A young Shakespeare walks thoughtfully along, quill in hand, stuck on page one of Macbeth. He comes across an intriguing scene and hides behind a tree. He...

  • Hamlet (1959 Audio)

    Series
    Spoken Word
    Director
    Hilton Edwards

    Sound recording. An abridged performance of Hamlet adapted and directed by Hilton Edwards. Micheál MacLiammóir is Hamlet. Narrated by Patrick McLarnon.

  • Merchant of Venice (Abridged), The (1959 Audio)

    Series
    Spoken Word
    Director
    Hilton Edwards

    Sound recording. The Merchant of Venice performed by the Dublin Gate Players, Directed by Hilton Edwards with Edwards as Shylock. Narrated by Patrick McLarnon.

  • Othello (1959 Audio)

    Series
    Spoken Word
    Director
    Hilton Edwards

    Sound recording. Othello performed in an abridged version by the Dublin Gate Players. Directed by Hilton Edwards assisted by William Styles. Micheál MacLiammóir is Othello. Narrated by Patrick McLarnon.