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  • Bisbetica Domata, La (1958 Television)

    aka: Taming of the Shrew, The

    Series
    Grandi Produzioni di Prosia Alla TV
    Director
    Daniele D’Anza

    A production, for Italian television of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Daniele D’Anza with Lea Padovani as Katherina and Gabriele Ferzetti as Petruchio.

  • Otello (1957 Television)

    Director
    Claudio Fino

    Italian TV version of the celebrated 1956 stage production by Vittorio Gassman of Shakespeare’s tragedy, translated into Italian by Salvatore Quasimodo. Gassman and Salvo Randone had originally alternated...

  • Giulietta and Romeo (1955 Television)

    Series
    Conrad Nagel Theatre
    Director
    John Mantley

    Syndicated anthology drama series. A modernised version of Romeo and Juliet set in a small Italian village where the Capallettie and Montecchis, the local bread and wine makers respectively, squabble over...

  • Amleto (1955 Television)

    aka: Hamlet

    Director
    Claudio Fino; Vittorio Gassman

    A production, for Italian television, of Vittorio Gassman’s stage production of Hamlet with Gassman in the title role. Directed for television by Claudio Fino.

  • Romeo and Juliet (1954 Film)

    Director
    Renato Castellani
    Producer
    Sandro Ghenzi; Joseph Janni

    Feature film adaptation of the play. An attempt to unite Shakespeare with the Italian neo-realist school of film-making, with attractive location photography, and naturalistic crowd scenes. The text is...

  • Romeo e Giulietta (1954 Television)

    aka: Romeo and Juliet

    Director
    Franco Enriquez

    Romeo and Juliet directed for Italian television by Franco Enriquez.

  • Marchand de Venise, Le (1952 Film)

    aka: Merchant of Venice, The

    Director
    Pierre Billon
    Producer
    Eugene Tucherer

    Feature film version of The Merchant of Venice. Michel Simon as Shylock and Andree Debar as Portia.

  • Io, Amleto (1952 Film)

    aka: I, Hamlet

    Director
    Giorgio Simonelli

    Comic parody. Hamlet meet’s his father’s ghost and discovers how his uncle killed his father. The Prince takes refuge until he can conquer his enemies and become King of Denmark. The film concludes with...

  • Peccato di Anna, Il (1952 Film)

    aka: Anna’s Sin

    Director
    Camillo Mastrocinque

    Feature film. An American black actor (Johnson) arrives in Rome to star in a stage production of Othello and also to locate Sam, a man for whom he served seven years in prison on a false charge of raping a...

  • Falstaff (1950 Radio)

    Radio performance in Italian of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical Comedy in Three Acts’. Libretto by Arrigo Boito. The Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana, Turin are conducted by Mario Rossi....