Romeo and Juliet (1993 Audio)

Director

Glyn Dearman

The Renaissance Theatre Company production of the play with Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond in the title roles.

Shakespearean Stage Production (1993 Video)

Producer

Anne S. Wax

Shows the steps necessary to bring a play to the stage in Shakespeare’s time, from conception to presentation. Describes the members of the acting company and demonstrates the way productions were...

Hamlet (1993 Video)

Series

Shakespeare Cinema

Video-based teaching pack containing film clips that encourage students to consider the written text and see how each director interprets the same scene. The supporting study guide contains tasks and...

Macbeth (1993 Video)

Series

Shakespeare for the Modern Age

An abridgement for schools. King Duncan becomes Duncan King, head of a multi-national corporation, King Enterprises; Macbeth meets the three witches in a nightclub where he is celebrating promotion as the...

John Gielgud Looks Back (1993 Television)

Director

Andrew Holmes

Producer

Steven Phillips

Television documentary. John Gielgud answers questions from a group of RADA students about his career and profession and gives firm but courteous criticisms. On the subject of Shakespeare and film he thought...

Hamlet (1993 Video)

Director

Stephen Unwin

Video recordings using two cameras of the English Touring Theatre’s punk production of Hamlet at the Donmar Warehouse, London, on 25 November 1993, with Alan Cumming as Hamlet and Eleanor Bron as Gertrude....

Hamlet (1993 Television)

Series

Shakespeare Lives

Director

Mary McMurray

Producer

Victor Glynn; Mike Ockrent

Television series. Michael Bogdanov, associate director at the National Theatre leads a group of NT actors through aspects of Shakespeare’s plays in front of an interrogative and lively audience. The...

Last Action Hero (1993 Film)

Director

John McTiernan

Producer

John McTiernan; Steve Roth

Feature blockbuster action/comedy film. Young Danny Madigan is a big fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a...

At Leisure (1993 Television)

Series

Sign on

Director

Rob Cowley

Producer

Rob Cowley

Television programme for the deaf. Includes a five-minute item reporting on a production of Titus Andronicus at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, staged by a deaf and hearing cast. Brief interview with director...

Swan Song (1993 Film, Television)

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Producer

David Parfitt

Short film. Adaptation by Hugh Cruttwell of Anton Chekhov’s one-act play Kalchas. A ageing actor wakes up in his dressing room long after the play has ended and walks on to the stage where he meets his...

King Lear 11 (1993 Television)

Series

Nightingales

Director

Tony Dow

Producer

Rosie Bunting

Television sitcom about night security staff. A reprise of an idea taken from an earlier programme in the series TAKEAWAY, which alluded to Richard II, but here with many references to King Lear. Carter and...

Romeo and Juliet (1993 Television, Video)

Director

Norman Campbell; Richard Monette

Producer

Norman Campbell

A production of the play, set in 1920s Italy and the rise of Fascism, made to celebrate the Shakespeare’s Festival 40th anniversary. The production was produced for the stage by Richard Monette and...

Play’s the Thing, The (1993 Radio)

Series

Craddock and Co

Director

Chris Thompson

Producer

John Taylor

Second episode of a Victorian detective series in which Lucy Greenwood and her Uncle Craddock investigate a series of mysterious incidents at a London theatre. When, during performances of Hamlet, the actor...

Moor’s Pavane, The (1993 Video)

Modern dance work by Jose Limon inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello; direction and reconstruction by Risa Steinberg.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1993 Video)

Director

Gene Feist

A video recording of the play performed by the Roundabout Conservatory & Ensemble Company, directed by Gene Feist.

Descant on Mine Own Deformity (1993 Television)

Series

Over the Edge

Director

David Hevey

Producer

Christopher Hutchins

Television series produced by the BBC Disability Programmes Unit. William Shakespeare comes back to earth and works in an ad agency re-working his disabled heroes for a charity campaign.

Jacobean Box, The (1993 Radio)

Director

Sue Wilson

A radio play by Don Taylor that encompasses newly discovered Shakespearean manuscripts and puts academic reputations on the line...

Sweet William (1993 Radio)

Series

Monday Play, The

Director

Nigel Bryant

Radio play about a father and son making a pilgrimage to Stratford, obsessed with finding memorabilia of Shakespeare.

Much Ado About Nothing (1993 Radio)

Series

Monday Play, The

Director

Jane Dauncey

According to Radio Times programme notes, this is a festive new radio production of Shakespeare’s play starring Michael Maloney, Michael Sheen and Clare Holman. Produced by Jane Dauncey, with original...

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: A Study with Scenes from the Shakespeare in Santa Fe Productions (1993 Video)

Director

Steven Schwartz

Scenes from Romeo and Juliet performed at St John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with comments on staging by Stephen Schwartz. Narrated by Krishnan Venkatesh.

As You Like It (1993 Video)

Director

David Thacker

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 production of As You Like It. Directed by David Thacker with Samantha Bond/Kate Buffery as Rosalind.

All’s Well That Ends Well (1993 Video)

Director

Peter Hall

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 production of All’s Well That Ends Well. Directed by Peter Hall with Barbara Jefford as the Countess and Richard...

Richard III (1993 Video)

Director

Sam Mendes

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 production of Richard III. Directed by Sam Mendes with Simon Russell Beale as Richard.

Julius Caesar (1993 Video)

Director

David Thacker

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 1993 Royal Shakespeare Company’s promenade production of Julius Caesar. The play was set in Eastern Europe in the 1980s drawing strong parallels with...

Antony and Cleopatra (1993 Video)

Director

John Caird

Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 production of Antony and Cleopatra. Directed by John Caird with Clare Higgins as Cleopatra and Richard Johnson as Antony.

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1993 Video)

Director

David Thacker

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1996 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Directed by David Thacker with Benjamin Whitrow as Falstaff.

Winter’s Tale, The (1993 Video)

Director

Adrian Noble

A video recording, using a single-fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 touring production of The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Adrian Noble with John Nettles as Leontes.

Macbeth (1993 Video)

Director

William McCauley; Janie Caves McCauley

Macbeth produced by the Bob Jones University Classic Players directed by William McCauley and Janie Caves McCauley with Bob Jones III and Beneth Jones as the Macbeths.

One Step on a Journey: Tadashi Suzuki in Australia (1993 Video)

aka: Chronicle of Macbeth, The

Director

Tony Chapman; Ziyin Wang

Producer

Tony Chapman; Ziyin Wang

Documentary about the working methods of Japanese theatre director, Tadashi Suzuki. Suzuki incorporates his technique and methodology in an Australian workshop and training session in preparation for the...

Hamlet Machine (1993 Video)

Director

Jean-Luc Denis; Barbara Dubuc

Heiner Muller’s experimental work inspired by Hamlet directed by Jean-Luc Denis and Barbara Dubuc.

Romeo and Juliet (1993 Audio, Radio)

Series

Sunday Play

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Producer

Glyn Dearman

Full text radio version of the play. A co-production between Radio 3 and the Renaissance Theatre Company directed by Kenneth Branagh and Glyn Dearman. With Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond in the title...

Henry V (1993 Video)

Director

Barry Kyle

A video recording of the production directed by Barry Kyle with Mark Rylance as Henry.

Love’s Labour’s Lost (1993 Video)

Director

Michael Langham

Video recording of Love’s Labour’s Lost directed by Michael Langham with Zacahry Ehrenfreund as the King of Navarre and Gregory Poretta as Longaville.

Richard II (1993 Video)

Director

Michael Kahn

A videorecording of the production of Richard II directed by Michael Kahn with Richard Thomas as Richard and Edward Gero as Bolingbroke.

Timon of Athens (1993 Video)

Director

Michael Langham

Videorecording of the play performed by the National Actors Theatre. Music adapted by Stanley Silverman and directed for stage by Michael Langham and for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker....

Two Noble Kinsmen, The (1993 Video)

Director

Beth F. Milles

A video recording of the play produced by Falstaff Presents and directed by Beth Milles. Peter Jacobson is Arcite and Rainn Wilson, Palamon.

Tombstone (1993 Film)

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Producer

James Jacks; Sean Daniel; Bob Misiorowski

Feature film. Excessively violent, melodramatic, fanciful and overlong retelling of the Wyatt Earp legend. Includes an early scene in which a young actor in a travelling stage show, playing to a rowdy saloon...

Shakespeare (1993 Radio)

Series

On Their Wavelength

Producer

Jim Hiley

Radio programme. Episode in a series devised by Sarah Dickinson in which she indulges her reporting fantasies. In this episode she talks to Shakespeare just after the first performance of Hamlet. Shakespeare...

Late Show, The [06/10/1993] (1993 Television)

Series

Late Show Special, The

Director

Gerry Dowd

Producer

Catherine Bailey

Special edition of the arts show. A report on Deborah Warner’s difficulties in staging a German-language production of Coriolanus for the Salzburg Festival in 1993. Peter Stein (the festival’s director)...

Macbeth (1993 Audio, Radio)

Verdi’s opera performed by the Viennese Opera and Chorus conducted by Karl Bohm. Mathieu Ahlersmeyer is Macbeth and Elisabeth Hongen is Lady Macbeth.

Dresser, The (1993 Radio)

Series

Monday Play, The

Director

David Blount

Radio adaptation of a play written by Ronald Harwood which is based on the touring career of Donald Wolfit, for whom Harwood was the dresser. An actor-manager of the old school takes a Shakespearean company...

Her Infinite Variety - Irene Worth As the Women of Shakespeare (1993 Audio)

A recital disc with music arranged, composed and conducted by Arif Mardin. Contents: 1: Prologue: Courante. 2. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore Art Thou Romeo. 3. Squirrel’s Toy For Lute. 4. There’s a Man...

Macbeth (1993 Television)

Director

Ralf Langbacka; Aarno Cronvall

Verdi’s opera directed for stage by Ralf Langbacka and for television by Aarno Cronvall. The production premiered at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 1993. Jorma Hynninen sings the role of Macbeth.

Channel Four News [25/02/1993] (1993 Television)

Series

Channel Four News

News programme. Includes a two-minute report on the work of the English Shakespeare Company actors helping with the teaching of Shakespeare to students at Wakefield Comprehensive in West Yorkshire. The...

Dreams and Censorship (1993 Radio)

Series

Sunday Play

Director

Eoin O’Callaghan

Radio play by David Pownall, directed by Eoin O’Callaghan. Set in England in 1610, an historical fiction about the publication of the King James I’s new Bible. It tells the story of how the King (Hugh...

Timon of Athens (1993 Audio)

Duke Ellington composed incidental music for a Timon of Athens production at the Stratford (Ontario) Festival in 1963. Ellington’s sketches and partial score remained in the Stratford archives since then...

Devil’s Advocate [21/12/1993] (1993 Radio)

Series

Devil’s Advocate

Producer

Kate Boston

Actor John Nettles and writer Kathy Lette discuss whether Shylock is a blood-thirsty money lender or a victim of racial prejudice. John Nettles argues that Shylock’s need for revenge is understandable when...

How we Used to Live - Dangerous Journeys (1993 Television)

aka: Dangerous Journeys

Series

How we Used to Live: A Tudor Interlude

Director

Ian Fell

Producer

Ian Fell

Three-part drama series for schools recreating Elizabethan times. Five programmes, three dramas and two documentaries about Tudor England. The dramas - based on historical evidence - follow the adventures of...

How we Used to Live - Disguises in the Dark (1993 Television)

aka: Disguises in the Dark

Series

How we Used to Live: A Tudor Interlude

Director

Ian Fell

Producer

Ian Fell

Three-part drama series for schools recreating Elizabethan times. Five programmes, three dramas and two documentaries about Tudor England. The dramas - based on historical evidence - follow the adventures of...

How we Used to Live - A Murder and a Mystery (1993 Television)

aka: Murder and a Mystery, A

Series

How we Used to Live: A Tudor Interlude

Director

Ian Fell

Producer

Ian Fell

Three-part drama series for schools recreating Elizabethan times. Five programmes, three dramas and two documentaries about Tudor England. The dramas - based on historical evidence - follow the adventures of...