Sok Hûhó Semmiért (1999 Television, Video)

aka: Much Ado About Nothing

Director

Enikö Eszenyi

Video recording of Enikö's Eszenyi 1999 staging of Much Ado About Nothing for the Vígszínház, Budapest. Attila Kaszás is Benedict and Barbara Hegyi is Beatrice.

How to Read Hamlet and Why (1999 Video)

Lecture. Dr. Harold Bloom argues that Shakespeare created the human as we know it. Before Shakespeare there was characterisation; after Shakespeare, there were characters, men and women capable of change...

Soldier’s Debt, A (1999 Radio)

Series

Afternoon Play

Director

Sally Avens

Radio drama by Nick Warburton. A missing 78 rpm recording of Macbeth creates a tie between three people in war-torn West Africa. Meg, recently arrived in an unnamed part of Africa, is seconded to work at a...

Titus Trash Tatar (1999 Audio)

Producer

Helga Pogatschar

Helga Pogatschar’s experimental audio play is a sound interpretation of Albert Ostermaier’s Tartar Titus (1998), a stage play in which Shakespeare’s Titus becomes a writer whose art has been put at the...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999 Video)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed in BSL with British deaf actors, filmed in Penlanole, mid-Wales and performed in Elizabethan costume. Voiced by Philip Bowen. No cast or credit details known (9/2008).

Vihar, A (1999 Video)

aka: Tempest, The

Director

Róbert Alföldi

Video recording of the 1999 stage production of The Tempest directed by Róbert Alföldi for the Vígszínház, Budapest. Géza D. Hegedus is Prospero.

Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief (1999 Video)

Director

Jennifer Ambrosini

Video recording of Paula Vogel’s play, a feminist reading of Shakespeare’s Othello and Wolfgang Bauer’s Shakespeare the Sadist which suggests Iago was right about Desdemona all along. The play imagines...

Lustigen Weiber von Wildenweiher (1999 Radio)

aka: d’Wiefe Wiiwr Vo Wildewihr Merry Wives of Wildenweiher, The

Series

Mundarthörspiel

Producer

Patrick Blank

German radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Patrick Blanck. Set in the region of Baden-Würtemberg the play is spoken in Swabian dialect, based on a translation by Petert Burri, and is adapted...

Henry IV, Part 1 (1999 Radio)

Series

Play of the Week (BBC World Service)

Producer

Gordon House

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced for broadcasting by Gordon House, starring Julian and Jamie Glover as King Henry and Prince Hal respectively and Timothy West as Falstaff. No further...

Henry IV, Part 2 (1999 Radio)

Series

Play of the Week (BBC World Service)

Producer

Gordon House

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced for broadcasting by Gordon House, starring Julian and Jamie Glover as King Henry and Prince Hal respectively; Timothy West is Falstaff. No further information...

Merchant of Venice, The (1999 Video)

Director

Trevor Nunn

Video recording, using two cameras, of the National Theatre’s 1999 production of The Merchant of Venice directed by Trevor Nunn with Henry Goodman as Shylock.

Twelfth Night (1999 Video)

DVD to support an 80-page photocopiable ring-binder document of classroom activities intended for students aged 11-19. The DVD includes extracts from TWELFTH NIGHT(1996) directed by Trevor Nunn, and the...

Dark Tales: Masks (1999 Television)

aka: Masks

Series

English Programme, The

Documentary for schools (Key Stage 4) exploring our ability to manipulate and change identity, and our love of public confession. This third episode looks at the human fascination with masks, disguises and...

Night for the Love of Shakespeare: A Festive Salute to Dame Judi Dench (1999 Video)

Director

Philip Shneidman

A record of a benefit evening for The Shakespeare Guild. The Golden Quill representing the 1999 Sir John Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts is presented to Judi Dench. The ceremony, hosted by...

Macbeth (1999 Television)

Director

Thomas Segerström

Producer

Bo Rehnberg

Swedish television production of Macbeth directed by Thomas Segerström with Peter Sundberg and Karin Holmberg as the Macbeths.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999 Video)

Director

Michael Boyd

Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1999 production directed by Michael Boyd. Josette Simon and Nicholas Jones double the roles of Hippolyta/Titania and...

Coriolanus (1999 Video)

Director

Mary Coleman

Video recording of Woman’s Will all-female production of Coriolanus directed by Mary Coleman. Erin Merritt is Coriolanus.

Othello (1999 Video)

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of Othello, directed by Michael Attenborough, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Ray Fearon is Othello and Richard McCabe, Iago.

William Shakespeare (1999 Television)

Series

Timekeepers of the Millennium

Director

Graham C. Williams

Producer

Ged Allen

Twelve-part children’s cartoon television series about time-travel. Coggs and Sprinx blast down into Elizabethan London and find themselves at a theatre awards ceremony. The main award turns out to be a...

Tragedy (1999 Multimedia, Radio)

Series

In Our Time

Producer

Charlie Taylor

Radio programme. Together with guests Professor George Steiner and Professor Catherine Belsey, presenter Melvyn Bragg examines the history of the genre of tragedy and examines whether we (still) have a...

Shakespeare and Literary Criticism (1999 Multimedia, Radio)

Series

In Our Time

Producer

Olivia Seligman

Radio programme. Melvyn Bragg and literary critics Harold Bloom and Jacqueline Rose discuss the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare and Bloom’s claim that personality, as we understand it...

Shakespeare in London: The Life and Times of the Real William Shakespeare (1999 Video)

Director

Mark Ubsbell

Producer

Mark Ubsbell

Illustrated by dramatic reconstructions of late Elizabethan life, and scenes from the plays themselves, the programme presents the story of Shakespeare’s life. Narrated by Crispin Redman.

Romeo & Juliet of the Rockies (1999 Video)

A western dance version of Romeo and Juliet set in Montana Territory, 1869 and danced by the Yellowstone Ballet Company. Choreography by Kathleen Rakela. With Jared Nelson as Romeo and Tricia Sundbeck as...

As You Like It (1999 Video)

Director

Jan Powell

Video recording of the Warehouse Repertory Theatre company’s 1999 production of As You Like It directed by Jan Powell. Performed as part of the Mendocino Shakespeare Festival. No further cast or production...

Seattle Mariners: The Hidden Shakespeare Trick (1999 Video)

Producer

Lonnie Weiss

A television commercial for the Seattle Mariners in their ‘Ain’t Baseball Great’ campaign. A Red Sox runner leads off second base. Mariner shortstop Alex Rodriguez sidles over and pulls a volume of...

Blonde Bombshell, The (1999 Television)

Director

Robert Bierman

Producer

Trevor Hopkins

A two-part dramatisation of the life of actress Diana Dors. In the first episode Dors poses nude for male photographers and then recites Jacques quoting Touchstone in As You Like It (2.7. 26-30) from a copy...

After Romeo (1999 Film)

Director

Peter Alsop; Geer. Ellen

Producer

Peter Alsop

Feature film which considers what might have happened had Romeo and Juliet made it to Mantua safely: Romeo would need a job and a pregnant Juliet would hate finding out that Romeo wasn’t so romantic after...

Ming Cho Lee (1999 Audio)

Series

Sdfc Masters of the Stage

Audio lecture. Stage designer Ming Cho Lee speaks to young directors and choreographers at SDCF’s annual Symposium. The focus of the discussion is working with Shakespeare. Ming evaluates and describes his...

All’s Well That Ends Well (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Emily...

Another Space for Shakespeare (1998 Video)

Series

Black Arts Video Project

Director

Shangara Singh Rapalon; Kumar Shahani

Part of a series documenting key artists, issues and debates within the black arts sector in Britain, commissioned between 1988 and 1995. An experiment in staging parts of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s...

Comedy of Errors, The (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with David...

Coriolanus (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Tom Treadwell; Bill Shepherd

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. Paul Jesson is Coriolanus.

Cymbeline (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Sophie...

Great Performances. Volume 1 (1998 Video)

aka: RSC Great Performances

Excerpts from four productions in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1994/95 season in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Features Robert Stephens in Adrian Noble’s production of King Lear, together with...

Hamlet (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespare editions. A performance with Simon...

Henry IV Part 1 (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Tom Treadwell; Bill Shepherd

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Jamie...

Henry IV. Part 2 (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Tom Treadwell; Bill Shepherd

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Jamie...

Henry V (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Tom Treadwell; Bill Shepherd

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Jamie...

Julius Caesar (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with John Bowe...

King John (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Michael...

King Lear (1998 Television)

Series

Performance

Director

Richard Eyre

Producer

Sue Birtwistle; Joy Spink

Richard Eyre’s film version of his 1997 National Theatre production of King Lear, with Ian Holm as Lear.

King Lear (1998 Video)

Director

Brian Blessed

Producer

Vanessa Tovell

A performance of a low budget King Lear with Brian Blessed as Lear.

King Lear (1998 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare: Text and Performance, Course Aa306

A performance of King Lear, which was produced for the Open University in 1998, with Frances Barber, David Morrissey and Philip Madoc.

Macbeth (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Hugh Ross...

Measure for Measure (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Roger...

Merchant of Venice, The (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Tom Treadwell; Bill Shepherd

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Haydn...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Amanda...

More Than Words Can Wield the Matter (1998 Video)

Director

Mark Chapman

A non-textual approach to King Lear using collaborative arts techniques with a mixed-ability GCSE group. Shows five scenes using sound, music, art, poetry and dance, intercut with reflections on this way of...

Much Ado About Nothing (1998 Video)

Director

Declan Donnellan

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Declan Donnellan. Matthew Macfadyen is Benedict and Saskia Reeves is Beatrice.

Much Ado About Nothing (1998 Audio)

Series

Arkangel Complete Shakespeare

Director

Clive Brill

Producer

Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell

The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Saskia...