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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1959 Television)
- Director
- Fletcher Markle; Peter Hall
A televised recording (although never transmitted) for NBC of Peter Hall’s 1959 staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The production is prefaced by a short Prologue...
Downfall of Malvolio, The (1958 Television)
- Series
- For the Schools
- Director
- David Rose
- Producer
- Ronald Eyre
Excerpts from the production of Twelfth Night broadcast 14 February 1958 in the Sunday-Night Theatre series and catalogued separately. The extracts, intended for schools, are introduced by Priscilla Morgan...
Omnibus[03/03/1957] (1957 Television)
aka: Theatre Breaks Loose
- Series
- Omnibus (Us Series)
- Director
- David Greene
- Producer
- Robert Saudek
US arts series introduced by Alistair Cooke. In a 45 min item entitled ‘The Theatre Breaks Loose’ directed by David Greene, critic Walter Kerr chronicles the history of theatre from the Greeks to the...
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The (1952 Television)
- Producer
- Denis Carey
Act I of the play is televised from the stage of the Old Vic Theatre, London, and presented by Alan Chivers.
Marchand de Venise, Le (1952 Film)
aka: Merchant of Venice, The
- Director
- Pierre Billon
- Producer
- Eugene Tucherer
Feature film version of The Merchant of Venice. Michel Simon as Shylock and Andree Debar as Portia.
Bride for a Bard (1952 Radio)
- Series
- Double Bill
- Producer
- Cleland Fin
Radio play about Shakespeare’s family written by Marjorie Rowling. Set in the sitting-room of John Shakespeare’s house, the play takes place on the evening of November 27, 1582.
Othello (1950 Television)
- Director
- Jean Meyer; Rene Mathis
- Producer
- Eric Fawcett
The last scene of Jean Meyer’s Comedie Francaise production of Othello at the Old Vic Theatre, London, was re-enacted for television in a two-day rehearsal. Starring Aime Clairond and Renee Faure in the...
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1949 Television)
aka: Julius Caesar
- Director
- Garry Simpson
- Producer
- Owen Davis
Video recording of a stage play, the first to be presented on the stage of the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. The players are from the Amherst College Drama Department under the direction of Curtis...
Katharine and Petruchio (1939 Television)
aka: Catherine and Petruchio
- Director
- Dallas Bower
- Producer
- Dallas Bower
Televised version of the play as adapted by David Garrick in 1758. In contrast to the original, Garrick’s play has no Induction and merely a simplified subplot. Focusing on the Katherine-Petruchio story,...
Twelfth Night (1939 Television)
- Producer
- Michel Saint-Denis; Bronson James Albery
Television broadcast of Bronson’s production of the play. Relayed live from the Phoenix Theatre, London, with Peggy Ashcroft as Viola and Michael Redgrave as Sir Andrew Aguecheek.