SHAKESPEARE

Look Away Now [30/4/2008] (2008 Radio)

Series

Look Away Now

Producer

Ben Walker

A 5-minute skit in the weekly sports comedy radio show ' hosted by Gary Richardson has spoof football commentators discussing the highlights of a selection of Shakespeare’s plays in a news roundup.

Macbeth (2008 Video)

Director

Aaron Posner; Teller

A joint production of Macbeth between the Folger Theatre and the Two River Theatre Company (Red Bank, NJ). The production is co-directed by Aaron Posner and Teller. Kate Eastwood Norris and Ian Merrill...

Patrick Stewart (2008 Radio)

Series

Downstage Centre

Radio broadcast. Patrick Stewart talks about finally having the opportunity to play the title role in Macbeth, some 50 years after he first memorised the play’s great speeches, and chronicles the...

English Majors (2008)

Among the excerpts from Garrison Keillor’s live variety radio show A Prairie Home Companion (1992-2008) are parodies of Hamlet - ‘The Six-Minute Hamlet’ and ‘The Family Shakespeare’. The latter...

Sleep (2008 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Producer

Jeremy Evans

Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the theme of sleep. The programme includes an excerpt from Macbeth III ii ("Come Seeling Night") read by Adrian Rawlins and a Tanglewood Festival...

Death of a Queen (2008 Television)

Series

Shakespeare in Mzansi

Director

Pieter Grobbelaar

A mini-series based on Macbeth in which the character of King Duncan is transformed into the Rain Queen, the sister of Macbeth (Prince Matlatladiane). When Prince Matlatladiane returns victorious with...

Macbeth (2008 Video)

Series

Metropolitan Opera Hd Live

Director

Adrian Noble

Live broadcast of Verdi’s opera with Maria Guleghina as Lady Macbeth and Zeljko Lucic as Macbeth. The stage direction is by Adrian Noble. The New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra are conducted...

Capturing Macbeth (2008 Film)

Director

Leo Eaton

Documentary that goes behind the scenes during the final performances of a stage production of Macbeth, produced for the Folger Theater in Washington DC by Teller (the magician from Penn & Teller) and Aaron...

Patrick Stewart and Rupert Goold on Macbeth (2008 Video)

Series

Theater Talk

Director

Adam Walker

Patrick Stewart and director Rupert Goold discuss their production of Macbeth with hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. The production was first staged at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester before...

Macbeth (2008 Video)

Director

Rupert Goold

Video recording of Rupert Goold’s 2007 production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood as the Macbeths.