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24 results found for '"national identity"' in Keywords.
Shakespeare (2002 Television)
- Series
- Great Britons
- Director
- Gerry Pomeroy
Television documentary series. The series examines the influence of famous British people. From a list of 100 people nominated by the public, the list was reduced to ten, each personality then becoming the...
Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow (2001 Television)
aka: Behind the Blow
- Series
- South Park
- Director
- Trey Parker
- Producer
- Frank C. II Agnone
Television animated satirical comedy series. The kids from South Park travel to see Philip (who is Canadian) perform Hamlet (V ii) at ‘The Canadian Shakespeare Festival’ (a reference to the Stratford...
Culture: English Takes Center Stage (2001 Video)
Documentary. The export of Western culture has made English a star performer on the world stage. This programme discusses the ubiquity of Shakespeare and the King James Bible, explaining their roles in...
Laurence Olivier: Henry V (1999 Radio)
- Series
- Centurians
- Producer
- Lawrence Pollard
Radio programme. !0 years after his death, what is Olivier’s cultural legacy? By cutting the theatre text of Henry V he created a film of patriotic wartime propaganda which still colours perceptions of...
Shakespeare 2000 (1998 Radio)
- Series
- Sunday Feature
- Producer
- Tim Dee
Radio documentary. From the Sir John Falstaff Goblet Collection to the complete plays on CD Rom, Shakespeare is alive in multitudinous ways. But in what state is the English national poet at the new...
Shakespeare and the Idea of England (1994 Radio)
Documentary radio programme in which presenter John Pickford explores Shakespeare’s role as national poet and the different versions of Englishness he presents.
This Sceptered Isle (1979 Film)
- Director
- Reg Lancaster
An experimental short, shot on Super 8, by amateur British filmmaker Reg Lancaster. The film is inspired by the public sector workers’ strike in 1978-79 which brought about the downfall of Callaghan’s...
Abigail’s Party (1977 Television, Video)
- Series
- Play for Today
- Producer
- Margaret Matheson
Television production of the stage play devised by Mike Leigh. The improvised action unfolds over an evening in the living room of Beverly and Lawrence’s house in suburbia as Beverly hosts a drinks party...
Shakespeare and His England (1947 Radio)
- Producer
- Douglas Cleverdon
A radio anthology on the English setting and English character as portrayed in the plays of Shakespeare. Includes performances by Abraham Sofaer, Cherry Cottrell, and others. With commentary by G. H. W....
England - Die Unbekannte Insel (1945 Radio)
aka: Shakespeare Feature
Radio broadcast. Marius Goring aka Charles Richardson talks about Shakespeare’s Englishness. Includes a recitation of Caliban’s "The isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest (in English and...