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  • How Oft when Thou, My Music, Music Plays’t? (1984 Television, Video)

    Series
    Sonnets of Shakespeare

    Sonnet 128 read in costume by Roger Rees, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by D. M. Thomas. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

  • Englishman Abroad, An (1983 Television)

    Director
    John Schlesinger
    Producer
    Innes Lloyd

    Made-for-television film. Acclaimed recreation of the meeting between actress Coral Browne and British spy and defector Guy Burgess, in Moscow in 1958. The initial meeting took place in a theatre, where...

  • Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea (1983 Television, Video)

    Series
    Sonnets of Shakespeare

    Sonnet 65 read in costume by Jane Lapotaire, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Stephen Spender. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

  • Some Glory in Their Birth, Some in Their Skill (1983 Television, Video)

    Series
    Sonnets of Shakespeare
    Director
    Roy Strong

    Sonnet 91 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Sir Roy Strong. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

  • Taming of the Shrew, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    John Allison
    Producer
    Jack Nakano

    A version of the play which in the costumes and reproduction of the Globe theatre stage contribute to recreating the impression of 16th-century performance, but using a modern English narrative.

  • Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    Robert Beard

    Video recording of Robert Beard’s 1982 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Douglas Campbell is Falstaff.

  • Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1982 Television)

    aka: The Shakespeare Plays

    Series
    BBC Television Shakespeare
    Director
    David Jones
    Producer
    Shaun Sutton

    Television production of the play with Richard Griffiths as Falstaff and Prunella Scales as Mistress Page. Director David Jones regarded the play as ‘a realistic documentary about what life was like in a...

  • Romeo and Juliet (1982 Video)

    aka: Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The

    Series
    Shakespearean Drama
    Director
    William Woodman
    Producer
    Jack Nakano

    Romeo and Juliet from the direct-to-video series of nine Shakespeare plays produced in the Elizabethan stage on a replica of the Globe stage. Alex Hyde-White and Blanche Baker in the title roles.

  • King Lear (1982 Television)

    aka: The Shakespeare Plays

    Series
    BBC Television Shakespeare
    Director
    Jonathan Miller
    Producer
    Shaun Sutton

    Television production shot entirely in a studio with Michael Hordern in the title role.

  • King Lear (1982 Video)

    aka: Tragedy of King Lear, The

    Series
    Shakespearean Drama
    Director
    John H. Ward
    Producer
    Jack Nakano

    A version of the play in which the costumes and reproduction of the Globe theatre stage contribute to recreating the flavour of 16th-century performance.