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All the World’s a Stage: A Collection of Shakespeare’s Speeches (2007 Audio)
- Series
- BBC Archive Voices
A collection of Shakespeare’s most inspiring speeches from the BBC Sound Archives, including: Romeo & Juliet - Act I, Scene III "O Romeo, Romeo - wherefore art thou Romeo". Spoken by Fay Compton. Hamlet...
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2007 Video)
- Director
- Tim Supple
A mixed video recording, using three cameras, of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Tim Supple.
Performing Shakespeare (2007 Video)
- Series
- Platform Recording
Oliver Ford Davies introduces his practical guide to performing Shakespeare, drawing on a lifetime’s experience. Chaired by Al Senter.
Angelic Conversation, The (2006 Film, Video)
- Director
- Derek Jarman
- Producer
- James Mackay
Of the 154 sonnets written by Shakespeare, most were written to an unnamed young man, commonly referred to as the Fair Youth. Here, Judi Dench’s readings of these 14 sonnets (nos 27, 29, 30, 43, 53, 55,...
Trial of Richard III, The (2006 Television)
The trial of Richard III, who was accused of murdering the princes in the Tower. The trial takes place in a reconstructed Old Bailey courtroom with the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Elwyn Jones, as Judge. Two...
Inside Hamlet (2006 Television)
Television documentary exploring the character of Hamlet with contributions from actors who have played the role. In 1998 Ninagawa staged a production of Hamlet in Japanese; in 2004 it was staged (in...
Tony Blair Rock Star (2006 Television)
- Director
- Bruce Goodison; Alison Jackson
- Producer
- Victoria Powell
Television drama-documentary re-creating the days when British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s ambition was to be on the stage. Includes a reconstruction of Blair performing the ‘Friends, Romans and...
Lewis (2006 Television)
- Director
- Bill Anderson
- Producer
- Chris Burt
Television detective drama. A pilot episode for an intended series and a spin-off from INSPECTOR MORSE. DI Lewis discovers that the chief suspect in a murder has previously been the subject of a case handled...
Big Life, The (2006 Radio, Video)
aka: The Ska Musical
- Series
- Play of the Week (BBC World Service)
- Director
- Clint Dyer
- Producer
- Rosalynd Ward
Based loosely on the plot of Love’s Labour’s Lost, the action of this much acclaimed ska musical is set in 1950s London. The Big Life follows the fortunes of a group of Caribbean immigrants arriving in...
Shylock (2006 Radio)
- Director
- David Hitchinson
- Producer
- David Hitchinson
Set in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, 1563, and narrated from Shylock’s perspective, this rewriting of Shakespeare’s play by British playwright Arnold Wesker retains the core plot of Shakespeare’s play...