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Tragedy of Macbeth, The (1951 Radio)
- Series
- Festival World Theatre
- Producer
- Raymond Raikes
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Raymond Raikes, starring Donald Wolfit and Catherine Lacey as the Macbeths. With music composed and directed by John Hotchkis.
Coriolanus (1950 Radio)
- Producer
- Donald McWhinnie; Frank Hauser
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Donald McWhinnie and Frank Hauser. With Sebastian Shaw in the title role.
Hamlet (1948 Film, Video)
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
- Producer
- Laurence Olivier
Oscar-winning feature film adaptation of the play directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.
Orson Welles’ Macbeth Restored (1948 Film)
aka: Macbeth (1948)
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Producer
- Orson Welles
Feature film adaptation of the Welles’s B-movie production. The video and DVDs are fully restored versions of Orson Welles’ MACBETH, based on his Mercury Theatre production.
Sir John in Love (1946 Radio)
- Producer
- Sumner Austin
Radio broadcast of the second and third acts of the new production of the opera by Vaughan Williams relayed from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. The libretto of the opera that was first performed at the...
Henry V (1944 Film, Video)
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
- Producer
- Laurence Olivier
Feature film and Olivier’s directorial debut. The film opens with a typical performance at the Globe Theatre in 1600, moves gradually into reality for the battle and then returns to the Globe. Intended as...
Henry V (1944 Film)
Trailer for HENRY V (1944). Laurence Olivier is seen seated at Denham Studios in 1944. He reads a letter he has written to Filippo Del Giudice telling him of the completion of the film. There follows a...
Henry V (1944 Film)
Trailer for HENRY V (1944) available on the Internet Archive (accessed 6/2007). The trailer is completely different from, and much longer, than the copy held by the BFI National Archive and it is surmised...
Falstaff (1937 Radio)
Following a five-minute introduction, the third Act of Verdi’s comic opera (the second of the pranks played upon Falstaff), is broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The Royal Opera...
As You Like It (1937 Radio)
- Director
- B. Iden Payne
Relayed from the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Stratford Festival Company performs B. Iden Payne’s production of As You Like It. The adaptation for broadcasting is arranged by Owen...