Shogun Macbeth (1986 Video)

Director

John R. Briggs

A Japanese adaptation by John R. Briggs videotaped at the Playhouse 46. The costumes are those of a samurai army, the witches wear Kabuki make-up, and the set is dominated by a large, sculptured Buddha....

Staging Shakespeare in the Twentieth Century (1986 Audio)

Author and critic John Drakakis chairs a debate on the staging and production of Shakespeare in the twentieth century. With Cicely Berry, Di Trevis and William Gaskill. Recorded at the National Sound...

Romeo and Juliet (1986 Video)

Director

Michael Bogdanov

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 modern dress production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Michael Bogdanov with Sean Bean as Romeo and Niamh Cusack...

Winter’s Tale, The (1986 Video)

Director

Terry Hands

Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Terry Hands with Penny Downie as Hermione/Perdita and Jeremy Irons as...

Macbeth (1986 Video)

Director

Adrian Noble

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Macbeth. Directed by Adrian Noble with Jonathan Pryce and Sinead Cusack as the Macbeths.

Richard II (1986 Video)

Director

Barry Kyle

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Richard II. Directed by Barry Kyle with Jeremy Irons as Richard.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1986 Video)

Director

Bill Alexander

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by Bill Alexander with Janet McTeer as Titania and Gerard Murphy...

Saturday Review [15/11/1986] (1986 Television)

Series

Saturday Review

Arts programme which includes a twenty-minute review of Noble’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth (1986). Presented by Russell Davies with excerpts from rehearsals. Contains interviews with...

Richard Trois (1986 Film)

aka: Richard III

Director

Raul Ruiz

Feature film. A version of Richard III directed by Raul Ruiz with Ariel Garcia Valdes as Richard.

Twelfth Night (1986 Television)

Director

David Giles; Alan Erlich

Producer

Sam Levene

Video recording of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night. Directed for stage by David Giles and for television by Alan Erlich. with Colm Feore as Orsino and Seana McKenna...

Teaching Shakespeare: New Approaches from the Folger Shakespeare Library (1986 Video)

Director

Marjory Potts; Robert Potts

Producer

Marjory Potts; Robert Potts

A videotape produced by the Folger Shakespeare Library to promote the study and teaching of Shakespeare. Emphasises that Shakespeare’s words were meant to be heard and an understanding of the text is...

Carnegie Hall Tonight [16/04/1986] (1986 Radio)

Series

Carnegie Hall Tonight

Producer

Julie Burstein

Syndicated weekly concert radio series. Includes a excerpt with Paul Robeson singing in the final scene of Otello. Includes extracts taken from the live concert Robeson gave at the Carnegie Hall on May 9...

McDonalds: Romeo and Juliet (1986 Film, Television)

An advertisement introducing McDonalds new LT hamburger by paraphrasing lines from Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed lovers glance across a crowded room. The announcer explain ‘it’s just not good when those...

All’s Well That Ends Well (1986 Radio)

Producer

Martin Jenkins (2)

Radio adaptation of All’s Well That Ends Well with Barbara Jefford as the Countess.

Advanced Level English : Shakespearean Tragedy, King Lear (1986 Radio)

Series

Schools Night-Time Broadcasting

Producer

C. Smith

Radio broadcast for schools.

Advanced Level English: Shakespearean Tragedy, Hamlet (1986 Radio)

Series

Schools Night-Time Broadcasting

Producer

C. Smith

Radio broadcast for schools.

Otello (1986 Film)

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Producer

Menahem Golan; Yoram Globus

Filmed version of Verdi’s opera directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan are conducted by Lorin Maazel who also directed and produced the music. Placido...

Zeffirelli’s ‘Otello’, From Stage to Screen (1986 Television)

Producer

David Sweetman

Television documentary on the making of Zeffirelli’s OTELLO and the problems of adapting Verdi’s opera for the cinema. There is comment from Zeffirelli and others involved in the film.

Richard II (1986 Radio)

Director

Richard Wortley

Producer

Richard Wortley

Radio adaptation of the play produced and directed by Richard Wortley. With John Hurt in the title role and David Suchet as Bolingbroke. Music composed by Ilona Sekacz.

Cymbeline (1986 Radio)

Director

David Spenser

Producer

David Spenser

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced and directed by David Spenser. With Anna Calder-Marshall as Imogen and John Duttine as Posthumus. The music is specially composed by Ilona Sekacz.

Saturday Night Live [22/11/1986] (1986 Television)

Series

Saturday Night Live

Director

Paul Miller (3)

Late-night music/comedy series. In this episode, in a sketch entitled ‘Improv Hamlet’ and set in the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare (Lovitz)) is told that Richard Burbage has been replaced by another actor...

Som Ni Vill Ha Det (1986 Television)

aka: As You Like It

Director

John Caird

As You Like It produced for Swedish television; directed by John Caird with Stina Ekblad as Rosalind.

Und was die Liebe Kann, Das Wagt die Liebe (1986 Television)

aka: And What Love Dares, Love Dares Shakespeare und Das Theater Seiner Zeit Shakespeare and the Theatre of His Times

Series

Literatur Klasse Neun

Director

Lisette Mirchandi

Producer

Wolfgang Gensch

Television broadcast for schools. The topic of this episode is the Elizabethan theatre. Shakespeare’s theatre is introduced via illustrative pictures and a miniature model of The Globe theatre....

First Night Impressions. Part 1: Royal Shakespeare Company (1986 Radio)

Producer

Jonathan James-Moore

A six-part radio series in which Robert Cushman presents his views of the British theatre between 1973-1984 when he was drama critic on The Observer. Episode one concentrates on the work of the Royal...

First Night Impressions. Part 2: the Actors (1986 Radio)

Producer

Jonathan James-Moore

A six-part radio series in which Robert Cushman presents his views of the British theatre between 1973-1984 when he was drama critic on The Observer. Episode 2 looks at actors and includes performance...

Hamlet (1986 Radio)

Series

Kane’s Tales from Shakespeare

Broadcaster Vincent Kane retells the stories of Shakespeare’s best known plays and finds contemporary resonances. In episode 1 he retells Hamlet.

Kane’s Tales from Shakespeare [26/10/1986] (1986 Radio)

Series

Kane’s Tales from Shakespeare

Broadcaster Vincent Kane retells the stories of Shakespeare’s best known plays and finds contemporary resonances. The play retold in episode 2 is not known.

Romeo and Juliet (1986 Radio)

Series

Kane’s Tales from Shakespeare

Broadcaster Vincent Kane retells the stories of Shakespeare’s best known plays and finds contemporary resonances. Episode 3 retells Romeo and Juliet.

Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die (1986 Television)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Director

Margot Thyret; Vera Oelschlegel

Producer

Uta Rabenalt

A German television production of The Merry Wives of Windsor directed for stage by Vera Oelschlegel and for television by Margot Thyret; Helmut Strassburger is Falstaff.

Was ihr Wollt (1986 Television, Video)

aka: Twelfth Night

Director

Dieter Dorn

A televised recording of the Münchner Kammerspiele production of Twelfth Night directed by Dieter Dorn with Cornelia Froboess as Viola.

Richard III (1986 Television)

Director

Raoul Ruiz

Producer

Roland Thomas

French television recording of the stage production of Richard III directed by Georges Lavaundant for the Avignon Festival. Directed for television by Raoul Ruiz with Ariel Garcia-Valdes in the title role.

Kingdom of Desire, The (1986 Video)

Director

Wu Hsing-Kuo

A video recording of the stage production of The Kingdom of Desire written and directed by Wu Hsing-Kuo. The production fuses Shakespeare’s play with the mise-en-scène of Beijing opera.

Vecer Trikralovy (Dvanacta Noc) (1986 Video)

aka: Twelfth Night

Director

Jan Kacer

Jan Kacer’s 1986 production of Twelfth Night. No cast details known (12/2007).

Boys from Syracuse, The (1986 Video)

Director

John Neville

Video recording of John Neville’s staging of The Boys from Syracuse for the 1986 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival.

Hamlet (1986 Video)

Director

John Neville

Video recording of John Neville’s production of Hamlet for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Brent Carver plays Hamlet.

Winter’s Tale, The (1986 Video)

Director

David William

Video recording of David William’s 1986 production of The Winter’s Tale for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Colm Feore is Leontes.

Pericles (1986 Video)

Director

Richard Ouzounian

Video recording of Richard Ouzounian’s 1986 production of Pericles for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Geraint Wyn Davies in the title role.

Henry VIII (1986 Video)

Director

Brian Rintoul

Video recording of Brian Rintoul’s 1986 production of Henry VIII for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival with Leon Pownall in the title role and William Hutt as Wolsey.

Cymbeline (1986 Video)

Director

Robin Phillips

Video recording of Robin Phillips’ 1986 production of Cymbeline for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Eric Donkin is Cymbeline and Martha Burns is Imogen.

Sen Noci... (1986 Film)

aka: Night Dream Traum Einer Nacht

Director

Vladimir Sis

Filmed version of Vladimir Sis’ production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream first staged at the Brno State Theatre, Czech Republic. Dance is performed by the Brno State Theatre Corps de Ballet.

Head of the Class (1986 Television)

Series

Critical Choices

Director

Gary Gilbert

Sitcom about a group of over-achieving honours students at Manhattan high school. In this episode their laid-back teacher (Hesseman) has to confront negative comments after inviting the class to review his...

Theo and Cockroach (1986 Television)

Series

Cosby Show, The

Director

Jay Sandrich

US television sitcom about the Huxtable family, an African-American family living in New York City. Dr Heathcliff (`Cliff’) Huxtable (Cosby) is a obstetrician, and his wife Clair (Rashid), is an attorney;...

Titus Andronicus (1986 Audio, Radio)

Producer

Fritz Zecha

Austrian radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Fritz Zecha. With Romuald Pekny in the title role and Marion Degler as Tamora.

Midzomernachtsdroom, Ein (1986 Video)

aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Director

Guido de Moor

Video recording of Guido de Moor’s 1986 production of A Midsummer Nights Dream for Comédie Hague. Anne Wil Blankers and Wim de Haas double as Hippolyta/Titania and Oberon/Theseus.

Hamlet (1986 Video)

Director

Gerardjan Rijnders

Video recording of the 1986 stage production of Hamlet directed for the Publiekstheater (Audience Theatre) by Gerardjan Rijnders with Pierre Bokma in the title role.

Two Noble Kinsmen (1986 Video)

Director

Barry Kyle

Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of The Two Noble Kinsmen directed by Barry Kyle. Gerard Murphy is Palamon and Hugh Quarshie is Arcite.

Kingdom of Desire (1986 Video)

Director

Hsing-kuo Wu

Video recording of Wu Hsing-kuo’s production of Kingdom of Desire for the Contemporary Legend Theatre Company. During the Eastern Chou Dynasty of the Warring State when feudalism was at its peak, the...

In Search of Stability (1986 Television)

Series

Africans: A Triple Heritage, The

Series on Africa written and presented by Professor Ali A. Mazrui. Episode 6 looks at the history of governance in Africa. Includes an extract (5 mins) in which an actor delivers Mark Antony’s funeral...

Tools of Exploitation (1986 Television)

Series

Africans: A Triple Heritage, The

Series on Africa written and presented by Professor Ali A. Mazrui. Episode 4 traces the colonial economic legacy, the development of slavery, and European control of Africa’s natural resources, with...

Vanessa Redgrave (1986 Television)

Series

Channel Four News

Channel Four early evening news item. Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Dalton in rehearsal at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London (the production had a pre-London run season at the Mold’s Theatr, Clwyd)....