Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center (1991 Video)

Director

Brian Large; Fabrizio Melano

Excerpts from operas to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera House directed for video by Brian Large. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet are conducted by James Levine....

American Friends (1991 Film)

Director

Tristram Powell

Producer

Patrick Cassavetti; Steve Abbott

Feature film adapted by Michael Palin from the travel diaries of his greatgrandfather. Francis Ashby, a fellow of Oxford College, falls in love with Elinor, an American girl of 17, while on a walking...

To Beetle or No to Beetle (1991 Television)

Series

Beetlejuice

Children’s animation series loosely based on Tim Burton’s film BEETLEJUICE (1988). Beetlejuice is a ghost from the Netherworld, the land of the dead - he is a trickster with a big heart. His best friend...

Stein (1991 Film)

Director

Egon Gunther

Producer

Herbert Ehler

Feature film. Ernst Stein (Ludwig) is a classical actor on the East German stage, but becomes so disgusted by the use of his country’s soldiers to help put down the 1968 freedom movement in Czechoslovakia...

Timon aus Athen (1991 Television)

aka: Timon of Athens

Director

Frank-Patrick Steckel; Martin Kliemann

German television recording of a theatre production of Timon of Athens directed for stage by Frank-Patrick Steckel with designs by Dieter Hacker and for television by Martin Kliemann. Peter Roggisch is Timon.

Top Billing (1991 Television)

Series

Tales from the Crypt

Director

Todd Holland

Anthology horror series based on the EC comic books published by William Gaines in the 1950s. In this episode an out-of-luck actor (Lovitz), who doesn’t have ‘the look’, auditions for Hamlet to find...

Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (1991 Television)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

A version, adapted by Hans-Joachim Riegenring, of the opera The Merry Wives of Windsor with music by Otto Nicolai and libretto by Hermann Salomon Mosenthal. The musical director is Joachim Willert; Siegfried...

Dikter fra Stratford (1991 Audio, Radio)

aka: Poet from Stratford, A

Series of radio talks (in English) by Richard Hermann on the life and work of Shakespeare.

Burza (1991 Television)

aka: Tempest, The

Director

Laco Adamik

Polish television production of The Tempest directed by Laco Adamik. Zbigniew Zapasiewicz is both Prospero and Caliban.

Romeo en Julia (1991 Television)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Producer

Ank Muller

Prokofiev’s ballet choreographed by Rudi van Dantzif.and performed by Het Nationale Ballet. Barry Watts and Jane Lord dance the title roles.

Zeit ist aus den Fugen, Die (1991 Television)

aka: Time is out of Joint, The

Director

Christoph Reuter

Documentary about the work of Heinrich Müller, Ulrich Mühe and the ensemble of the Deutsches Theatre in East Berlin on the production of Hamlet/Hamlet Machine which became increasingly intertwined with the...

Kupec Benatsky (1991 Video)

aka: Merchant of Venice, The

Director

Michael Tarant

A video recording of Michael Tarant’s 1991 production of The Merchant of Venice for the Jiri Myron Theatre, Moravia. No details of cast known (12/2007).

Romeo och Juliet (1991 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Finn Poulsen

Video recording of Finn Poulsen’s 1990 production of Romeo and Juliet for Unga Riksteatern with Lisa Hugoson and Goran Engman in the title roles.

Hamlet (1991 Video)

Director

David William

Video recording of David William’s 1991 production of Hamlet for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Colm Feore in the title role.

Timon of Athens (1991 Video)

Director

Michael Langham

Video recording of Michael Langham’s 1991 production of Timon of Athens for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Brian Bedford in the title role.

Twelfth Night (1991 Video)

Director

Bernard Hopkins

Video recording of Bernard Hopkins’ production of Twelfth Night for the 1991 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Anne Wright is Viola.

Romeo en Julie (1991 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Hans Trentelman; Leon van der Sanden

Romeo and Juliet directed by Leon van der Sanden and Hans Trentelman for the Maastrichts Theaterensemble. Role names unknown (4/2008).

Wie Es Euch Gefällt (1991 Television)

aka: Wie Es Euch Gefaellt As You Like It

Director

Dietrich Haugk

An Austrian television production of As You Like It directed by Dietrich Haugk. Johanna von Koczian is Rosalind.

Wintermärchen, Das (1991 Television)

aka: Wintermaerchen, Das Winter’s Tale, The

Director

Luc Bondy

Producer

Regina Ziegler

Television production of The Winter’s Tale directed for stage by Luc Bondy. Hans-Christian Rudolph is Leontes.

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School (1991 Television, Video)

Director

Mel Gibson

Producer

Terri DiPaolo

Mel Gibson talks to high school students about his role as Hamlet in Zeffirelli’s film.

Shakespeare Theatre Production of ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ At the Carter Barron Amphitheatre Washington, DC (1991 Video)

Unedited footage recorded during the rehearsals and two-week run (June 4-16, 1991) of The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of The Merry Wives of Windsor in the open-air amphitheatre in Washington,...

Henry IV. Part 1 (1991 Video)

Director

JoAnne Akalaitis

Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Henry IV. Part 1 for the 1991 New York Shakespeare Festival with Larry Bryggman as King Henry and Thomas Gibson as Prince Hal. Original music by Philip...

Henry IV. Part 2 (1991 Video)

Director

JoAnne Akalaitis

Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Henry IV. Part 2 for the 1991 New York Shakespeare Festival with Larry Bryggman as King Henry and Thomas Gibson as Prince Hal. Original music by Philip...

Meeting in Valladolid, A (1991 Radio)

Director

Walter Acosta

Radio play by Anthony Burgess based on his short story of the same name. The story tells of a meeting between Shakespeare and Cervantes while the King’s Men entertain at an Anglo-Spanish peace conference...

Ahogy Tetszik (1991 Video)

aka: As You Like It

Director

Péter Valló

Video recording of the 1991 stage production of As You Like It directed by Péter Valló. Eniko Eszenyi is Rosalind.

Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev (1991 Radio)

Radio broadcast. The BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tadaki Otaka play Tchaikovsky’s Fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet and Prokofiev’s Suite: Romeo and Juliet.

Lear Király (1991 Video)

aka: King Lear

Director

Imre Kerényi

Video recording of King Lear directed by Imre Kerényi for the Madách Theater, Budapest with Péter Huszti as Lear. No other cast members known (10/2008).

Hamlet (1991 Video)

Director

John C. Fletcher

Video recording of the American Conservatory Theatre’s production of Hamlet directed by John C. Fletcher with Byron Jennings in the title role.

Travelling Shakespeare Company Arrives at Marina Centre in Gt Yarmouth to Perform the Taming of the Shrew (1991 Television)

News report of rehearsals for a RSC touring production of The Taming Of The Shrew directed by Bill Alexander. Includes interviews with Gerard Murphy (Petruchio) and Naomi Wirthner (Kate). Reporter Rebecca...

The Dream (1991 Video)

Documentary about Auckland University’s Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by an actor in Shakespearean costume. Director Christian Penny talks about her wish to make the...

Vocal Scene, The (1991 Radio)

Series

Vocal Scene, The

Producer

George Jellinek

Radio programme. Discusses the play Othello as conceived by Shakespeare and Verdi. No further details known [12/2011].

Hamlet (1990 Film)

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Producer

Dyson Lovell

Feature film version of the play. A naturalistic and literal reading with few interpretative touches. Gibson’s Hamlet is a man of action and with the text heavily cut (over 80%) he dominates the majority...

Masters of Defence (1990 Video)

Producer

Colin Still

A history of swordplay tracing the evolution of civilian swords and fighting techniques from the street fights of the 16th century to the swordplay of the 18th century fencing schools, drawing on texts and...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1990 Multimedia)

Series

Karaoke Shakespeare

Allows the user to play individual roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream along with professional actors, reading lines from the screen as other parts are being spoken. Contains the full text of the play, full...

Next! (1990 Television, Video)

aka: Lip Synch: Next

Series

Aardman Animations Vol 1

Director

Barry Purves

Producer

Sara Mullock

A puppet William Shakespeare, made using three-dimensional model animation techniques, performs his complete works before a sceptical Peter Hall figure. Without dialogue. Notable for the detailed perception...

Othello (1990 Television, Video)

Series

Theatre Night

Director

Trevor Nunn

A filmed version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s highly acclaimed 1989 stage production in The Other Place, and superbly re-imagained as a television ensemble piece. Set in a 19th-century army...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 Film, Video)

Director

Tom Stoppard

Producer

Emanuel Azenberg; Michael Brandman

Tom Stoppard’s film adaptation of his play based on characters in Hamlet.

Shakespearean Tragedy: ‘Hamlet’ (1990 Audio)

Director

Ronald Draper

Professor Ronald Draper, University of Aberdeen, discusses Hamlet.

Shakespearean Tragedy: ‘King Lear’ (1990 Audio)

Professor Ronald Draper, University of Aberdeen, discusses King Lear.

Shakespearean Tragedy: ‘Macbeth’ (1990 Audio)

Professor Ronald Draper, University of Aberdeen, discusses Macbeth.

Stage Designs of Leslie Hurry, The (1990 Multimedia)

Series

Theatre in Focus

Leslie Hurry produced the stage designs for some 60 plays, operas and ballets between 1942 and his death in 1978. His first commission was Robert Helpmann’s ballet Hamlet and as a designer for the Royal...

William Shakespeare: The Sonnets (1990 Audio)

Jack Edwards reads the Sonnets.

Janet Suzman (1990 Television)

aka: Acting in Shakespearean Comedy

Series

Acting

Producer

Maria Aitken; David G. Croft

A masterclass presentation. Janet Suzman works on Shakespearean comedy with a group of young actors on Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night.

Shakespeare Enigma, The (1990 Video)

Director

Steve Orme

Producer

Steve Orme

A debate on the authorship of Shakespeare. Professor Stanley Wells, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust expounds his view that Shakespeare wrote the plays. Francis Carr propounds the theory that Francis...

Upstaged (1990 Film, Television)

Director

Joe Cornish

Producer

Joe Cornish

Short. Drama set in a provincial repertory theatre where a production of Macbeth is taking place.

Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990 Television)

Series

Theatre Night

Director

Don Taylor

Producer

Tim Ironside Wood

Television production of Edward Bond’s stage play. Set in 1615 it shows an aged and weary Shakespeare in retirement in Stratford. He is disillusioned, pondering on life and fame and seeing nothing but...

Nunn’s Othello (1990 Television)

Series

Late Show Special, The

Director

Janet Fraser Cooke

Producer

Julian Birkitt; Mark Phillips

Television arts series. Michael Ignatieff talks to Trevor Nunn about his television version of Othello. Includes an analysis of the portrayal of Othello and Iago in film and the problems of staging it....

Takeaway (1990 Television)

Series

Nightingales

Director

Tony Dow

Producer

Esta Charkham

Television sitcom about night security staff. Includes a long sequence in which Bell and Carter consider disposing of Sarge using passages from Richard III (mostly from I iv, the death of Clarence).

Feuding and Loving in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1990 Video)

Series

Eminent Scholars/Teachers

Producer

Matthew J. Bruccoli; Richard Layman

George Walton Williams analyses the themes of loving and hating in the play illustrated from various productions of the plays.

Why and the How of Poisoning in William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, The (1990 Video)

Series

Eminent Scholars/Teachers

Producer

Matthew J. Bruccoli; Richard Layman

George Walton Williams demonstrates how the imagery of Othello allows the reader/audience to observe the way in which Iago ‘poisons’ Othello’s mind.