Falstaff (1989 Television)

Director

Peter Stein

Verdi’s opera staged by Peter Stein with Donald Maxwell as Falstaff. The Welsh National Opera and Chorus are conducted by Richard Armstrong.

Midsummer Dream for Darwen (1989 Television)

Series

Celebration

Director

Zanna Northam

Producer

Zanna Northam

Regional television broadcast. Royal Shakespeare Company actors Miles Anderson and Tony Armatrading, with company administrator Gordon Scammell, audition teenagers in Darwen Public Library for the few...

Romeo en Julia (1989 Television)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Dirk Tanghe; Berend Boudewijn

Dutch television production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Dirk Tanghe. Donald Madder and An Tuts in the title roles.

Jesus de Montreal (1989 Film)

aka: Jesus of Montreal

Director

Denys Arcand

Producer

Robert Frappier; Pierre Gendron; Monique Letourneau

Feature film. A group of actors puts on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors’ lives begin to mirror the Passion itself. René...

Othello (1989 Television)

A two-act ballet choreographed by John Neumeier and danced by the Hamburg Ballet. Gamal Gouda dances the role of Othello.

Lear (1989 Radio)

Aribert Reimann’s opera relayed live from the London Coliseum. Libretto by Claus Henneberg. With Monte Jaffe as Lear. The English National Opera and chorus are conducted by Paul Daniel.

Shakespeare - A Suitable Case for Operatic Treatment (1989 Radio)

Radio broadcast. In this interval talk Valentine Cunningham considers ‘the varying fortunes of Shakespeare’s plays in the opera house’.

Love’s Labour’s Lost (1989 Video)

Director

Bernard Hopkins

Video recording of Bernard Hopkins’ 1989 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost for the Young Company at Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. David New is the King of Navarre and Steve Yorke plays...

Henry V (1989 Video)

Director

John Wood (4)

Video recording of John Wood’s 1989 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival production of Henry V set in the First World War. Geraint Wyn Davies is Henry.

Kiss Me, Kate (1989 Video)

Director

Donald Saddler

A video recording of Kiss Me, Kate choreographed and directed by Donald Saddler for the 1989 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Jayne Lewis is Lilli Vanessi and Victor A. Young is Fred Graham.

Merchant of Venice, The (1989 Video)

Director

Michael Langham

Video recording of Michael Langham’s production of The Merchant of Venice staged at the 1989 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Brian Bedford is Shylock.

Titus Andronicus (1989 Video)

Director

Jeannette Lambermont

Video recording of Jeanette Lambermont’s production of Titus Andronicus for the 1989 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Nicholas Pennell is Titus.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1989 Video)

Director

Richard Ouzounian

Video recording of Richard Ouzounian’s 1989 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Lucy Peacock is Titania and Kevin Gudahl is Oberon.

Evening Standard Drama Awards 1989, The (1989 Television)

Director

Mike Ward

Producer

Mike Ward

Television awards ceremony for achievements in British stage drama over the year. Includes a specially filmed sequence of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Othello directed by Trevor Nunn with...

Political Shakespeare (1989)

Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield talk about their co-edited work Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultrural Materialism. Recorded at the National Humanities Centre, North Carolina.

As You Like It (1989 Video)

Director

Tim Albery

A video recording of Tim Albery’s 1989 Old Vic production of As You Like It with Fiona Shaw as Rosalind and Adam Kotz as Orlando.

King Lear (1989 Video)

Director

Jonathan Miller

Video recording of Jonathan Miller’s 1989 production of King Lear for the Old Vic with Eric Porter in the title role.

King Lear Lectures (1989 Video)

Producer

Bruce Baird-Middleton

Readings and discussions on King Lear by William Alfred, Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University.

Komedyah Shel Ta’Uyot (1989 Video)

aka: Comedy of Errors, The

Director

Michael Lewensohn

Video recording of The Comedy of Errors directed by Michael Lewensohn for the Be’er-Sheva Theatre.

Cymbeline (1989 Video)

Director

JoAnne Akalaitis

Video recording of JoAnne Akalaitis’ production of Cymbeline for the 1989 New York Shakespeare Festival. George Bartenieff is Cymbeline and Joan Cusack is Imogen. Original music by Philip Glass.

Winter’s Tale, The (1989 Video)

Director

James Lapine

Video recording of James Lapine’s production of The Winter’s Tale for the 1989 New York Shakespeare Festival videotaped for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker. Mandy Patinkin is Leontes...

Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Pas de Deux (1989 Video)

Video recording of the balcony scene pas de deux from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Salvatore Aielio and danced by David Bushman and Traci Owens of the North Carolina Dance Theatre....

Ahogy Tetszik (1989 Video)

aka: As You Like It

Director

Tamás Fodor

Video recording of Fodot Tamás’s 1989 stage production of As You Like It. Andrea Spolarics is Rosalind.

Vízkereszt Vagy Amit Akartok (1989 Video)

aka: Twelfth Night

Director

Tamás Szirtes

Video recording of Tamás Szirtes’ 1989 stage production of Twelfth Night for Odry Színpad. Anna Györgyi is Viola.

Hamlet (1989 Video)

Educational videotape in which Dr Alan Dilnot and Richard Pannell discuss Hamlet.

Othello (1989 Video)

Director

János Ács

Video recording of János Ács’ 1989 production of Othello for the Csiky Gergely Színház with Andor Lukáts in the title role.

Bit of Fry & Laurie, A (1989 Television)

Series

Bit of Fry & Laurie, A

Director

Roger Ordish

Producer

Roger Ordish

Comedy sketch series written and performed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. This episode includes a sketch, ‘Ignore’, in which Hugh Laurie is an earnest ‘modern’ lecturer standing in front of a inert...

Hamlet (1989 Audio)

Director

Richard Eyre

Live sound recording of Richard Eyre’s staging of Hamlet at the National Theatre with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role.

Terry Hands RSC Director to Resign (1989 Television)

Series

Channel Four News

News item. Following his statement made two weeks previously that he intends to resign as Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991, Terry Hands talks to Stephen Phillips. He criticises the...

Measure for Measure (1989 Video)

Director

Richard E.T. White

Video recording of Measure for Measure directed by Richard E.T. White with Julian López-Morillas as Duke Vincentio and John Bellucci as Angelo.

Much Ado About Nothing (1989 Video)

Director

Michael Addison

Video recording of Michael Addison’s 1989 production of Much Ado About Nothing for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival with Lura Dolas as Beatrice and Charles Shaw Robinson as Benedick.

Taming of the Shrew, The (1989 Video)

Director

Peggy Shannon

Video recording of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Peggy Shannon for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival. Lura Dolas is Katherine and Shabaka is Petruchio.

Winter’s Tale, The (1989 Video)

Director

Sharon Ott

Video recording of The Winter’s Tale directed for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival by Sharon Ott. Antony Amendola is Leontes.

Romeo and Juliet (1989 Video)

Director

Julian Lopez-Morillas

Video recording of Romeo and Juliet directed by Julian López-Morillas for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival with John Stadelman and Cindy Basco in the title roles.

Comedy of Errors, The (1989 Video)

Director

Ken Grantham

Video recording of The Comedy of Errors directed for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival by Ken Grantham.

Twelfth Night (1989 Video)

Director

Michael Kahn

Video recording of Michael Kahn’s 1989 production of Twelfth Night with Kelly McGillis as Viola.

Because the Scenery is Better (1989 Television)

Director

Robert Clamp

Producer

Robert Clamp

Television programme exploring the way actors, writers and producers create BBC radio drama. Includes ‘the making of’ scenes from various adaptations, such as the 1977 BBC Radio 3 production of ANTONY...

Kenneth Branagh, Film Director for Henry V (1989 Radio)

Independent Local Radio programme. Kenneth Branagh talks to Gill Pyrah on the opening of his film HENRY V, his debut as a film director. He speaks about his role as director, challenges in filming including...

Hamlet (1988 Audio)

Series

BBC Radio Collection

Director

John Tydeman

Complete performance featuring Ronald Pickup as Hamlet.

Late Great Britons (1988 Television, Video)

Producer

David Herman

1: Dr David Starkey examines the reign of Henry VIII and give his interpretation of the factors influencing the behaviour of the king and his administration. 2: Reveals that Queen Victoria was far from being...

Othello (1988 Television, Video)

Director

Janet Suzman

Producer

David Pupkewitz

This television production marked the directorial debut of Janet Suzman and was staged in her native South Africa by the Market Theatre of Johannesburg. Casting black actor John Kani in the title role, the...

Twelfth Night (1988 Television)

Director

Paul Kafno

Producer

Paul Kafno

The Renaissance Theatre Company production of Twelfth Night first staged at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith and directed for the stage by Kenneth Branagh. A wintry studio setting determines the tone for...

Caught in the Act (1988 Television)

Director

Mary Gwatkin

Producer

Mary Gwatkin

Television documentary on the Renaissance Theatre Company formed by Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt, concentrating on preparation and rehearsals for four productions. Details the progress of Judi Dench,...

Caught in the Act: Much Ado About Nothing (1988 Television)

Director

Mary Gwatkin

Producer

Mary Gwatkin

Television documentary on the work of Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Theatre Company. Judi Dench discusses her experience of directing Much Ado About Nothing. Scenes from the rehearsals and production are...

Caught in the Act: Hamlet (1988 Television)

Director

Mary Gwatkin

Producer

Mary Gwatkin

Television documentary on the work of Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Theatre Company. Hamlet is shown in rehearsal and production at Elsinore, Denmark in the presence of the King and Queen of Denmark....

Caught in the Act: As You Like It (1988 Television)

Director

Mary Gwatkin

Producer

Mary Gwatkin

Television documentary on the work of Kenneth Branagh’s Renaissance Theatre Company. Geraldine McEwan talks about the experience of directing As You Like It and the challenges it presents. There are...

Sir Peter Hall Directs Shakespeare’s Last Plays (1988 Television)

Series

South Bank Show, The

Director

Chris Hunt

Producer

Chris Hunt

Television arts documentary. Absorbing account of Peter Hall’s final productions as director of the National Theatre, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest, using the same group of actors and...

Gwen - A Juliet Remembered (1988 Television)

Series

Omnibus

Director

David Spenser

Producer

Victor Pemberton

Television arts documentary series. The career of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, with strong emphasis on her favourite Shakespearean role, Juliet. Includes contributions from her fellow actors, Nigel Hawthorne in...

Night of Comic Relief, A (1988 Television)

Television variety charity revue benefiting charitable causes in Great Britain and Africa. Includes a two-minute spoof of Macbeth played as a sitcom. In the living room Mrs Macbeth tells her husband that he...

Taming of the Shrew, The (1988 Video)

Director

Norman Campbell

Producer

Norman Campbell

A Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival production directed by Richard Monette for stage and for the CBC by Norman Campbell. Colm Feore as Petruchio and Goldie Semple as Kate.