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44 results found for '"Jonathan Miller"' in Person.
Shylock (1998 Film)
aka: Shylock for All Seasons
- Director
- Pierre Lasry
- Producer
- Kenneth Hirsch
Documentary. A film which contends that hatred of Jews goes back 2,000 years, culminating with the near destruction of European Jewry. Argues that for the last 400 years, Western attitudes towards Jews have...
Midsummer Night’s Dream: What to Make of Magic, A (1998 Video)
- Series
- Staging Dreams: Casting and Interpreting Shakespeare
Educational videotape. What do fairies look like? How can magic be staged meaningfully in modern theatre? The programme presents scenes from several filmed versions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that show...
Kind of Magic, A (1997 Television)
- Series
- Conjuring Shakespeare
- Producer
- Jenny Bardwell
Examines how directors approach and stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream and some of the problems involved. Includes footage from various productions of the play including a brief extract from Peter Brook’s...
Conversation with Humphrey Tonkin, A (1992 Video)
- Producer
- Patricia Cremins; Michael E. Martin
A discussion on King Lear, Measure for Measure, Othello and Troilus and Cressida. Also discussed are directing techniques and opera performances. The participants are Humphrey Tonkin (President of the...
Laurence Olivier 1907-1989: A Tribute (1989 Television)
- Series
- Omnibus
Television arts programme. A tribute to Laurence Olivier, broadcast on the day of his funeral. A somewhat hastily assembled miscellany of clips and critical assessments. The deepest insight comes in part...
King Lear (1989 Video)
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
Video recording of Jonathan Miller’s 1989 production of King Lear for the Old Vic with Eric Porter in the title role.
Tempest, The (1988 Video)
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
Video recording of Jonathan Miller’s 1988 production of The Tempest for the Old Vic with Max von Sydow as Prospero. ‘Miller ... used a mixed cast made up of white actors as the humans and black actors...
Making Shakespeare (1987 Video)
- Director
- Brian Musgrove; Charles Ritchie
Uses video technology as a vehicle for arguments about current understanding of Shakespeare. Weaves performance, archive and film material with class and studio work in an attempt to consolidate recent...
Taming of the Shrew, The (1987 Video)
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1987 production of The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Jonathan Miller with Brian Cox as Petruchio and Fiona Shaw as...
King Lear (1987 Television)
- Series
- South Bank Show, The
- Director
- Chris Hunt
- Producer
- Chris Hunt
Television anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Programme on the staging of King Lear around a rehearsal in the National Theatre of David Hare’s production with Anthony Hopkins in the title...