Richard II (1997 Television)

Director

Deborah Warner

Producer

John Wyver; Shaun Deeney

A production, re-staged for television, of the National Theatre’s 1995 production of Richard II directed by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw in the title role.

Romeo et Juliette (1997 Television)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Hans Peter Cloos

Producer

Brigitte Lecuyer

French television production of Hans Peter Cloos’ modern-dress production of Romeo and Juliet first staged at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, France. Denis Lavant is Romeo and Romane Bohringer plays Juliet.

Akogun (1997 Video)

Director

Kayode Orisayomi

Producer

Rufus Orisayomi

A video recording of a play by Rufus Orisayomi, Artistic Director of Ritual Theatre Arts. An adaptation of Macbeth, in Pidgin English, set in 15th-century Yorubaland, Nigeria. The production incorporates...

Tempest, The (1997 Video)

Director

Garland Wright

A video recording by Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) of The Shakespeare Theatre’s 1997 production of The Tempest. Directed by Garland Wright for the stage and for TOFT by Richard Stucker. Ted van...

Antony and Cleopatra (1997 Video)

Director

Ron Daniels

Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre’s 1996 production of Antony and Cleopatra directed for stage by Ron Daniels and videotaped for WAPAVA by James J. Taylor. Tom Hewitt and Helen Carey in the title...

As You Like It (1997 Video)

Director

Laurence Boswell

A video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre’s 1997 production of As You Like It directed for stage by Louis Rosen and videotaped for WAPAVA by James J. Tayler. Kelly McGillis is Rosalind.

Othello (1997 Video)

Director

Jude Kelly

A video recording of Jude Kelly’s 1997 production of Othello for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Patrick Stewart, playing Othello, is the only white actor in an otherwise all Afro-American cast.

Romeo and Juliet (1997 Video)

Director

Joe Banno

A video recording of the Folger Theatre’s 1997 production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Joe Banno with John Worley and Holly Twyford in the title roles.

Tempest, The (1997 Video)

Director

Garland Wright

Video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 1997 production of The Tempest directed by Garland Wright. Ted van Griethuysen is Prospero.

Hamlet (1997 Video)

Director

Uwe Eric Laufenberg

A video recording, using a single camera, of Uwe Eric Laufenberg’s 1997 production of Hamlet for the Schauspielhaus, Zurich with Ludwig Boettger in the title role.

Kupec Benatsky (1997 Video)

aka: Merchant of Venice, The

Director

Michal Docekal

A video recording of Michel Docekal’s production of The Merchant of Venice. The role of Portia is played by David Prachar. No further details known (12/2007).

Much Ado About Shakespeare (1997 Radio)

Producer

Barry Littlechild

Radio arts programme in which John Huntley presents a previously undiscovered tape that he recorded in 1956 with Laurence Olivier, describing the problems of shooting Shakespearean films. Other contributors...

Richard III (1997 Video)

Director

John Wood (4)

Video recording of John Wood’s 1997 production of Richard III for the Sratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Stephen Ouimette is Richard.

Romeo and Juliet (1997 Video)

Director

Diana LeBlanc

Video recording of Diana LeBlanc’s 1997 production of Romeo and Juliet for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival set in the French Caribbean c1815. Jonathan Crombie and Marion Day in the title roles.

Coriolanus (1997 Video)

Director

Richard Rose

Video recording of Richard Rose’s 1997 production of Coriolanus for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Tom McCamus in the title role.

Taming of the Shrew, The (1997 Video)

Director

Richard Rose

Video recording of Richard Rose’s 1997 production of The Taming of the Shrew for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. The play is set in the Little Italy area of New York City in the 1960s and...

Muntra Fruarna I Windsor (1997 Video)

aka: Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Director

Ann-Margret Pettersson

Producer

Kristina Lilliehöök

Otto Nicolai’s comic opera with libretto by Alf Henrikson performed by the Kungliga Hovkapellet and Miro Kids Showskola conducted by Frieder Meschwitz. Directed by Ann-Margret Pettersson. Role names...

Romeo et Juliette (1997 Television, Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Yves-André Hubert

Gounod’s opera directed by Yves-André Hubert with Neil Shicoff and Barbara Hendricks in the title roles.

Hamlet (1997 Video)

Director

Liesbeth Coltof

Video recording of Liesbeth Coltof’s production of Hamlet for De Krakeling with Peter van Heeringen in the title role.

Umabatha (1997 Video)

Director

Welcome Msomi

A Zulu version of Macbeth incorporating music and dance. ‘Shakespeare’s Macbeth was chosen by Welcome Msomi as perfect source material on which to base a Zulu adaptation, as it seemed ‘almost a carbon...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1997 Video)

Director

Phelim McDermott; Julian Crouch

A promotional tape (extracts only) from the English Shakespeare Company’s 1997 touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch with Andrew Jarvis and Claire...

Ho Ho Yulyah (1997 Television, Video)

aka: Ho, Ho Julia

Comedy by Ephraim Kishon based on Romeo and Juliet which imagines that Romeo and Juliet survived and are now middle-aged. No cast and production details known (6/2008).

Shylock Versus Antonio on Appeal (1997 Video)

aka: Shylock V Merchant of Venice on Appeal

Symposium sponsored jointly by Hofstra University Law School and the Law and Humanities Institute. Susan W. Tiefenbrun moderates. The proceedings, consist of several segments: the performance of the trial...

Hamlet (1997 Video)

Director

József Ruszt

Video recording of a stage production of Hamlet directed by József Ruszt in 1997 for the Budapesti Kamaraszínház (Budapest Chamber Theatre). Attila Héresz Menszátor is Hamlet.

Hamlet (1997 Video)

Director

Csaba Kiss

Video recording of Hamlet staged by the Nemzeit Gyori Színház in 1997. Directed by Csaba Kiss with Zoltán Hegedus in the title role. Zsolt Kovács doubles as Claudius and the Ghost.

William Shakespeare (1997 Video)

Series

Writers Wonders, The

Director

Carl Gilfillan

Professor Elliot Engel discusses the life and work of Shakespeare.

My Shakespeare (1997 Television)

Director

Kate Miles (2)

Producer

Kate Miles (2)

Landscape painter Philip Sutton’s views on the works of Shakespeare. ‘My Shakespeare’ catalogue to an exhibition at Brewery Arts Main Gallery Cirencester Feb. To March 1998’ was published in 1998 by...

Macbeth (1997 Radio)

aka: Royal Opera Verdi Festival: Macbeth

Live recording of Verdi’s opera with Anthony Michaels-Moore and Georgina Lukacs as the Macbeths. Edward Downes conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Three Macbeths, The (1997 Radio)

Verdi wrote two versions of his opera Macbeth, one in 1847 and the 1865 Paris version. Tom Rosenthal looks at the differences between the 1847 and 1865 compositions and compares the two librettos...

Tempest in Butetown, The (1997 Television)

Director

Michael Bogdanov

A performance of The Tempest directed by Michael Bogdanov with largely untrained actors from the Tiger Bay community in Cardiff. No cast details known (09/2008).

Re-Enactment of Auction of Shakespeare’s Birthplace (1997 Video)

Film of re-enactment of the auction of Shakespeare’s Birthplace on 16th September 1847. The re-enactment took place outside Shakespeare’s Birthplace to mark the 150th anniversary of the sale....

Framing Shakespeare (1997 Video)

Video recording of the conference ‘Framing Shakespeare: A Cross Media International Forum for Shakespeare Practitioners’ presented by The Directors Guild of Great Britain and International Theatre...

Hamlet (1997 Video)

Director

Matthew Warchus

Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s modern dress production directed by Matthew Warchus with Alex Jennings as Hamlet.

King Lear (1997 Video)

A video recording, using a single camera, of Richard Eyre’s 1997 production of King Lear with Ian Holm in the title role.

Much Ado About Nothing (1997 Video)

Director

Irwin Appel

Video recording of the Warehouse Repertory Theatre company’s 1997 production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Irwin Appel with Hugh Dignon as Benedick and Ana Lucas as Beatrice.

Agatha Christie’s the Pale Horse, The (1997 Television)

aka: Pale Horse, The

Director

Charles Beeson

Producer

Adrian Bate

Television mystery drama based on Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name. The story begins with Mark Easterbrook (Buchanan), a young sculptor, leaving a production of Macbeth. He stumbles across a dying...

Caliban (1997 Multimedia, Video)

Director

Eduardo Bonito; Marcos Azevedo

Video recording of the one-man show adapted by Eduardo Bonito and Marcos Azevedo.

Play’s the Thing, The (1997 Television)

Series

Open Saturday

Producer

Jenny Bardwell

A compilation of footage from previous Open University programmes to mark the opening of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Features behind-the-scenes footage of Fiona Shaw’s production of King Lear and an...

As You Like It (1996 Television, Video)

Series

Approaching Literature, Course A210

Producer

Amanda Willett

In three parts: 1) a workshop on scenes from As You Like It run by actress Fiona Shaw, exploring the language of the play; 2) an assessment of the 1994 production of the play staged by Cheek by Jowl; 3) a...

As You Like It (1996 Audio)

Series

Open University A210

A specially recorded performance of As You Like It as part of the OU A210 Approaching Shakespeare course. No further details known (12/2008).

Coriolanus (1996 Audio)

Director

Howard Sackler

An unabridged version, with Richard Burton as Coriolanus, Michael Hordern as Agrippa and Jessica Tandy as Volumnia.

Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1996 Multimedia)

A complete full-text database of Shakespeare’s works from the First Folio of 1623 to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6. Comprises the full texts of 11 major historical editions, 24 original printings of...

Henry V (1996 Audio)

Series

Approaching Literature, Course A210

A specially recorded performance of Henry V. No further details known (12/2008).

Looking for Richard (1996 Film, Video)

Director

Michael Hadge; Al Pacino

Producer

Al Pacino

Documentary. Al Pacino, while in the process of staging a production of Richard III, explores in the film how the play took shape and tries to understand Shakespeare’s intention for it. He canvasses the...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1996 Film)

Director

Adrian Noble

Producer

Paul Arnott

A film version based on the design and concept of Adrian Noble’s 1994 Royal Shakespeare Company production. Noble’s main invention is a new character, the boy who dreams the play.

Othello (1996 Audio)

Series

Approaching Literature, Course A210

A specially recorded performance of Othello. Tape 1: Acts 1 to II iii. Tape 2: Act III Scene i to the end. No details of cast known (1/2009).

Quicktime Globe, The: Virtual Tour (1996 Multimedia)

Producer

Tony Coe

A project never completed (as of 2006). It was intended to form part of an integrated series of CD-ROMs, videos, audio performances, textbooks and television programmes. Versions of this pilot project have...

Romeo and Juliet: Act by Act Scene by Scene (1996 Video)

A video revision guide for GCSE National Curriculum Key Stage 4 English, in which Peter Andrews, Head of English at King Alfred School London and two of his students, Liberty Moss and Ben Farleigh, describe...

Shakespeare Revue, The (1996 Audio, Video)

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of The Shakespeare Revue, directed by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, in February 1996. The Revue opened at...

William Shakespeare - The Bard of Avon (1996 Video)

Series

History Makers, The

Producer

Brian Blessed; Robert Smallwood; Stanley Wells

Explores the life and works of William Shakespeare, featuring re-enactments of 16th-century life and short extracts from some of his plays. Narrated by Terry Molloy.