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Macbeth: The Witches Scenes (1988 Video)
- Director
- Miroslaw Rogola
Avant-garde work by Polish-born, US resident media artist, Miroslaw Rogola. Combines live action and video sequences. The witches are no longer prophets, they become the future. Leaving flesh and blood...
Cymbeline (1988 Video)
- Director
- Bill Alexander
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 1987 Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Cymbeline. Directed by Bill Alexander with Harriet Walter as Imogen.
Much Ado About Nothing (1988 Video)
- Director
- Di Trevis
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1988 studio production of Much Ado About Nothing set in the 1950s. Directed by Di Trevis with Clive Merrison as Benedick...
Henry VI (1988 Video)
- Series
- Plantagenets, The
- Director
- Adrian Noble
An adaptation into three parts of all three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III. The plays were performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the titles Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III. They were...
Richard III (1988 Video)
- Series
- Plantagenets, The
- Director
- Adrian Noble
An adaptation into three parts of all three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III. The plays were performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the titles Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III. The plays were...
Bard of Southwark, The (1988 Television)
- Series
- Friday Report, The
- Producer
- Michael Davison
Guy Michelmore reports on Sam Wanamaker’s project of rebuilding Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre near its original site in Southwark, London. Michael Hordern, Judi Dench, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Andrew Gurr are...
Derek Walcott (1988 Television)
- Series
- World of Ideas
- Director
- Catherine Tatge; Bill Moyers
- Producer
- Catherine Tatge
Interview series hosted by Bill Moyers. In this programme Moyers interviews West Indian poet and playwright, Derek Walcott. Among the topics discussed are the threats posed by poets to the establishment,...
Still a Juliet (1988 Radio)
- Producer
- D. Spencer
Radio documentary. Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, 97 years old, talks about her performance as Juliet and other Shakespearean women in conversation with Nigel Hawthorne. Ffrangcon-Davies recites extracts from Romeo...
(K)ein Sommernachtstraum (1988 Radio)
aka: Aldeburgh Festival 1988
Live broadcast of the first UK performance of Alfred Schnittke’s (1934-1998) 11-minute long mischievous musical response to a request for a Shakespeare-related work. Presented at the 1988 Aldeburgh...
Moon over Parador (1988 Film)
- Director
- Paul Mazursky
- Producer
- Paul Mazursky
Feature film. The narrative is told in flashback. Jack Noah (Dreyfuss) is a fairly successful stage and film actor on a location shoot in the English-speaking Parador. He’s given an offer he can’t refuse...
Much Ado About Nothing (1988 Television)
- Director
- Herb Roland; Peter Moss
A televised recording of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare’s Festival 1987 production of Much Ado About Nothing filmed on the Stratford stage but with no audience. The play was directed for stage by...
Ophelia by John Everett Millais (1988 Television)
- Series
- Masterworks
- Director
- Reiner E Moritz
- Producer
- Reiner E Moritz
Television documentary examining John Everett Millais’ painting ‘Ophelia’ hanging in the Tate Britain, London. Presented by Edwin Mullins.
After Agincourt (1988 Radio)
- Director
- Alfred Bradley
Dramatic monologue for radio by Peter Mottley which imagines the Battle of Agincourt as told by a common soldier - Prince Hal’s drinking companion, Pistol.
Julius Caesar (1988 Television)
- Director
- Michael Bogdanov
Julius Caesar directed by Michael Bogdanov with Gerhard Olschewski as Julius Caesar and Ulrich Tukor as Mark Antony.
King Lear (1988 Radio)
- Director
- Laurence Foster
- Producer
- Laurence Foster
Radio version of the play directed and produced by Laurence Foster with Seamus Forde in the title role, Cathryn Brennan as Cordelia and Dan Reardon as Fool. Special effects by Brendan Fitzgerald and Kieran...
Cliff’s Notes: Macbeth (1988 Video)
- Director
- Jane Comfort
A contemporary dance conceived, directed and choreographed by Jane Comfort. Macbeth is presented as a cautionary tale of the 1980s, the piece juxtaposed with Wall Street yuppies and punk rocker witches in a...
Macbeth [Excerpt] (1988 Video)
- Director
- Ken Frankel
Excerpt from Act I, sc vii (4 mins) of the 1988 Broadway production of Macbeth with Christopher Plummer and Glenda Jackson directed by Kenneth Frankel. The extract appears to be a promotional tape.
Iguana (1988 Film)
- Director
- Monte Hellman
- Producer
- Franco di Nunzio
Feature film described by some as a cross between The Tempest and The Phantom of the Opera. A grotesquely disfigured harpooner named Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in...
Shakespeare (1988 Radio)
- Series
- Actors’ Workshop
Radio series on acting, in six parts, in which Sheila Hancock with Guildhall students Peter Wingfield and Xanthe Gresham explore the craft of the actor. Episode 3 covers acting Shakespeare with Ian McKellen...
Comedy of Errors, The (1988 Video)
- Director
- Richard Monette
Video recording of Richard Monette’s production of The Comedy of Errors for the 1989 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Keith Dinicol and Geordie Johnson double the roles of the Dromios and the...
Twelfth Night (1988 Video)
- Director
- Robin Phillips
Video recording of Robin Phillips’ production of Twelfth Night for the 1988 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Nancy Palk is Viola.
King Lear (1988 Video)
- Director
- Robin Phillips
Video recording of Robin Phillips’ production of King Lear for the 1988 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with William Hutt in the title role.
Two Gentleman of Verona (1988 Video)
- Director
- Robert Beard
Video recording of Robert Beard’s 1988 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. John Wojda is Valentine and Henry Czerny is Proteus.
Richard III (1988 Video)
- Director
- Brian Rintoul
Video recording of Brian Rintoul’s 1988 production of Richard III for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Colm Feore in the title role.
Alls’ Well That Ends Well (1988 Video)
- Director
- Peter Moss
Video recording of Peter Moss’ 1988 production of All’s Well That Ends Well for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. The production is set in the American South at the time of the American Civil...
Speaking for Everyman (1988 Radio)
- Producer
- Mark Ward
Radio programme. Ian McKellen celebrates Shakespeare’s birthday with Professor Marjorie Garber, F. Murray Abraham and Sting.
Why Are You Crying, Antonio? (1988 Film)
- Director
- Alexander Kluge
Experimental film realised by Alexander Kluge.`Chamberlain, Mussolini and their aides attend a 1938 performance of [Verdi’s] Macbeth in Rome. This audience is itself made into the raw material of opera....
Tempest, The (1988 Video)
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
Video recording of Jonathan Miller’s 1988 production of The Tempest for the Old Vic with Max von Sydow as Prospero. ‘Miller ... used a mixed cast made up of white actors as the humans and black actors...
Hamlet (1988 Video)
- Director
- Dinu Cernescu
Video recording of Hamlet directed by Dinu Cernescu for the ha’Bimah National Theatre with Moshe Bekker in the title role.
Iluf Ha-Soreret (1988 Video)
aka: Taming of the Shrew, The
A video recording of a production of The Taming of the Shrew staged at the Be’er-Sheva Theatre in 1988. No further details known (6/2008).
That Fellow Shakespeare: All You Wanted to Know About the Man Who Wrote Those Plays (1988 Video)
Filmstrip converted to video. Cartoon illustrations depicting Shakespeare’s family life, career, and where his inspiration originated.
Julius Caesar (1988 Video)
- Director
- Stuart Vaughan
Video recording of the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Julius Caesar directed by Stuart Vaughan with Al Pacino as Mark Antony and Martin Sheen as Brutus.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1988 Video)
- Director
- A.J. Antoon
Video recording of A. J. Antoon’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the 1988 New York Shakespeare Festival. F. Murray Abraham is Bottom.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988 Film)
- Director
- Mansoor Khan
- Producer
- Nasir Hussain
Feature film. A teen romance combining a Romeo and Juliet theme with a pop musical. Dhanraj Singh spent years in prison for killing the man responsible for his sister’s suicide. His family, and the family...
Romeo and Juliet (1988 Television)
- Series
- Live from Lincoln Center
- Director
- Kirk Browning
- Producer
- John Goberman
Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet danced by the American Ballet Theatre with Natalia Makarova and Kevin McKenzie in the title roles. Jack Everly conducts the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra. Directed...
Macbeth (1988 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Macbeth. Frederick Burchinal sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Kazimierz Kord. Peter...
Otello (1988 Radio)
- Series
- Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York of Verdi’s Otello. Placido Domingo sings the title role. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by James Levine. Peter Allen...
Cymbeline (1988 Audio)
- Director
- Peter Hall
Live sound recording of Peter Hall’s 1988 production of Cymbeline with Geraldine James as Imogen and Tony Church as Cymbeline.
Tempest, The (1988 Audio)
- Director
- Peter Hall
Live sound recording of Peter Hall’s 1988 production of The Tempest with Michael Bryant as Prospero.
Winter’s Tale, The (1988)
- Director
- Peter Hall
Live audio recording of Peter Hall’s 1988 production of The Winter’s Tale with Tim Pigott-Smith as Leontes.
Actors Dancing and Dancers Acting: Getting the Most (1988 Television)
- Series
- Eye on Dance
- Director
- Richard Sheridan
- Producer
- Jeff Bush; Celia Ipiotis
Choreographer Garth Fagan, artistic director of the Bucket Dance Theatre, discusses his work on the New York Shakespeare Festival’s 1988 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by A. J. Antoon,...
Measure for Measure (1988 Video)
- Director
- R. Jeffrey Cohen
Video recording of R. Jeffrey Cohen’s production of Measure for Measure. The production begins with a 22 min. sequence of the actor’ dancing.
Driekoningenavond (1988 Video)
aka: Twelfth Night
- Director
- Andy Daal
A production of Twelfth Night for children over 9 years, directed by Andy Daal. Baja Lombaers is Viola.
Julius Caesar (1988 Video)
- Director
- Oskar Eustis
Video recording of Julius Caesar directed by Oskar Eustis with James Carpenter as Mark Antony.
Life of Timon of Athens, The (1988 Video)
aka: Timon of Athens
- Director
- Julian Lopez-Morillas
Video recording of Timon of Athens directed by Julian López-Morillas with James Carpenter in the title role.
Troilus and Cressida (1988 Video)
- Director
- Michael Addison
Video recording of Troilus and Cressida directed by Michael Addison for the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival with D.B. Novak and Diane Robinson in the title roles.
Much Ado About Nothing (1988 Video)
- Director
- Michael Winters
Video recording of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Michael Winters for the VITA Shakespeare Festival. Peter Vilkin is Benedict and Jenna Cole is Beatrice.
As You Like It (1988 Audio)
- Director
- Geraldine McEwan
Live sound recording of As You Like It directed by Geraldine McEwan with Tam Hoskyns as Rosalind and Kenneth Branagh as Touchstone.
Hamlet (1988 Audio)
- Director
- Derek Jacobi
Live sound recording of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Hamlet directed by Derek Jacobi with Kenneth Branagh in the title role.
Much Ado About Nothing (1988 Audio)
- Director
- Judi Dench
Live sound recording of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Judi Dench with Kenneth Branagh as Benedict and Samantha Bond as Beatrice.