Shakespeare Videotapes & DVDs in Fondren Library
 

This list includes Shakespeare's plays, films based on or inspired by his plays, and instructional videotapes. When more than one version of a play is available, I have tried to list them chronologically by the date they were first produced.

These title are available at the Fondren Reserve Desk or, when noted, in the Brown Fine Arts Library.

-Jane Segal, Humanities/Social Sciences Librarian
Fondren Library, Rice University

 

 

 

 

 

The Plays

All's Well That Ends Well
Prod. Cedric Messina and Jonathan Miller. Perf. Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Celia Johnson. Time-Life Video, 1981.
PN1997 .A33 1981 pt. I, II
PN1997 .A33 1981 pt. III

Antony and Cleopatra
Dir. Enrico Guazzoni. Perf. Antony Novelli, Giovanna Terribili Ganzales. Phoenix: Grapevine Video, 1996.
Silent film imported by Geoge Kleine in 1913. Based loosely on Shakespeare's play.
PN1997 .A57 1996

Anthony and Cleopatra
Prod. Jonathan Miller. Perf. Colin Blakely, Jane Lapotaire. Time-Life Video, 1981.
PN1997 .A57 1981 pt. I-II
PN1997 .A57 1981 pt. III

Antony & Cleopatra
Dir. Lawrence Carra. Prod. Ken Campbell.
Perf. Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave, Nichelle Nichols, John Carradine. Century Home Video, [1983], c1981.
PN1997 .A57 1983

Antony and Cleopatra
Dir. Jon Scoffield. Prod. Cecil Clarke. Perf. Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman, Corin Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Royal Shakespeare Company.
Staged for television by Trevor Nunn. LIVE Home Video, 1993.
PN1997 .A57 1993

As You Like It
Dir/Prod: Paul Czinner. Perf. Lawrence Olivier, Elisabeth Bergner, Sophie Stewart, Leon Quartermaine.
Sandy Hook, Conn. Video Images, c1990.
Videocassette of a motion picture released by United Artists Corp. in Great Britain in 1936.
PN1997 .A68 1990

As You Like It
Dir. Basil Coleman. Perf. Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, Richard Pasco, Angharad Rees, James Bolam. Time-Life Video, 1979.
PN1997 .A68 1979 pt. I-II

PN1997 .A68 1979 pt. III

As You Like It
Dir. Herb Roland. Prod. Sam Levene. Perf. Roberta Maxwell, Andrew Gillies, Rosemary Dunsmore, Nicholas Pennell. CBC Home Video, c1986.
The Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
PN1997 .A68 1986

The Comedy of Errors
Dir. Philip Casson. Prod. Peter Roden. Perf. The Royal Shakespeare Company, Judi Dench, Griffith Jones, Francesca Annis. PolyGram Video Ltd., c1992
Videocassette release of a 1974 production.

PN1997 .C69 1992

The Comedy of Errors
Dir. James Cellar Jones. Prod. Shaun Sutton. Perf. Michael Kitchen (the Antipholi), Roger Daltrey(the Dromios), Suzanne Bertish (Adriana), Joanne Pearce (Luciana). Time-Life Video, 1984.
PN1997 .C69 1984

The Comedy of Errors
Prod-Dir: Norman Campbell. Perf. Geordie Johnson, Keith Dinicol, Nicholas Pernell, Goldie Semple, Lucy Peacock, James Bleudick. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1996.
Originally produced for television by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1989.
PN1997 .C69 1996

Coriolanus
Dir. Paul Nickell. Prod. Worthington Mine. Perf. Richard Green, Judith Evelyn, Richard Purdy, Tom Poston. Sandy Hook, Conn: Video Images, c1991.
Originally telecast on CBS-TV June 11, 1951. Live television adaptation of Coriolanus in modern dress. The settings of ancient Rome are turned into Fascist Italy.
PN1997 .C72 1991

Coriolanus
Dir. Elijah Moshinsky. Prod. Shaun Sutton.
Perf. Anthony Pedley, Foss Ackland, Irene Worth, Teddy Kempner, Alan Howard, Peter Sands.New York: Time-Life Video, 1983.
PN1997 .C72 1983 pt. I-II

PN1997 .C72 1983 pt. III

Cymbeline
Dir. Elijah Moshinsky. Prod. Shaun Sutton. Perf. Richard Johnson, Hugh Thomas, Claire Bloom, Helen Mirren, Michael Pennington, John Kane, Nicholas Young, Paul Jesson. Time Life Video, 1982.

PN1997 .C94 1982 pt. I-II
PN1997 .C94 1982 pt. III-IV

Hamlet: ein Rachedrama
Perf. Asta Nielsen (Hamlet), Mathilde Brandt, Paul Conradi, Anton De Verdier, Lilly Jacobson. Sunland Video, 199?.
Produced in Germany in 1920. In this version of Hamlet, which borrows from Danish legends and a German play, Hamlet is a woman who has been brought up as male.
PN1997 .H34 1990b

Hamlet
Dir. Laurence Olivier. Perf. Laurence Olivier, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie, Stanley Holloway, Anthony Quayle. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1986.
A videocassette release of the 1948 motion picture by Two Cities Films.
PN 1997 .H34 1986 part 1

PN 1997 .H34 1986 part 2

Hamlet
Dir. Tony Richardson. Prod. Neil Hartley. Perf. Nicol Williamson (Hamlet), Anthony Hopkins (Claudius), Judy Parfitt (Gertrude), Gordon Jackson (Horatio), Michael Dignam (Polonius), Marianne Faithfull (Ophelia), Mark Pennington (Laertes). Burbank: RCA/Columbia Picture Home Video, 1988.

Videocassette of a motion picture originally released in 1964 by Columbia Pictures Industries
PN1997 .H34 1988

Hamlet
Dir. Sir John Gielgud. Prods. William Sargent, Alexander H. Cohen. Perf. Richard Burton, Alfred Drake, Hume Cronyn, Robert Milli, John Cullum, Philip Coolidge, Hugh Alexander, Clement Fowler, William Redfield, Dillon Evans. Onward Production Ltd. and Paul Brownstein Productions, 1995.

Staged in rehearsal room and modern dress conditions, this is Richard Burton's performance as Hamlet. This play opened on Broadway April 9, 1964. This recording is not derived from a film, but from an attempt to simply record the stage show for cinematic showing by placing cameras in the stalls during an actual performance.
PN1997 .H34 1995 v.1

PN1997 .H34 1995 v.2

Hamlet
Prod. Cedric Messina. Dir. Rodney Bennett. Perf. Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Eric Porter, Patrick Stewart, Patrick Allen, Emrys James. Time-Life Video, 1980.

PN1997 .H34 1980 pt. I-II

PN1997 .H34 1980 pt. III-IV

Hamlet
Prod. Dyson Lovell. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter. Burbank: Warner Home Video, 1990.

PN1997 .H34 1990

Hamlet
Prod: Kimberly Myers. Dir. Kevin Kline, Kirk Browning. Perf: Kevin Kline, Diane Venora, Dana Ivey, Brian Murray, Josef Sommer.New York: Thirteen WNET: The Broadway Theatre Archive. 1990.
A made for television version of Kline's minimalist Hamlet presented in modern dress.
PN1997 .H34 1990a v.1
PN1997 .H34 1990a v.2

Hamlet
Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Richard Briers, Kate Winslet. Columbia TriStar Home Video, c1997

PN1997 .H34 1997 v.1
PN1997 .H34 1997 v.2

Hamlet
Dir. MIchael Almereyda. Prod. Andrew Fierberg and Amy Hobby. Perf. Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Steve Zahn, Sam Shepard, Bill Murray. Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [c2001].

A contemporary film adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.
PN1997 .H342 2001

Henry IV, part I
Prod. Cedric Messina. Perf. Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle, David Gwillim. New York: Time-Life Video, 1980.
PN1997.H44 1980 pt. I-II

PN1997 .H44 1980 pt. III

King Henry IV part 1
Perf. Michael Cronin (Henry IV), Barry Stanton (Falstaff), Michael Pennington (Prince Hal), Andrew Jarvis (Hotspur), June Watson (Mistress Quickly), the English Shakespeare Company. Princton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.

PN1997 .H44 1990 v.1
PN1997 .H44 1990 v.2

Henry IV, part II
Prod. Cedric Messina. Perf. Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle, David Gwillim. Princeton: Time-Life Video, 1980.

PN1997 .H442 1980 pt. I-II

PN1997 .H442 1980 pt. III

King Henry IV part 2
Dir. Michael Bogdanov. Perf. Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin, Paul Brennen, Barry Stanton, Andrew Jarvis, the English Shakespeare Company. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.
PN1997 .H442 1990 v.1
PN1997 .H442 1990 v.2

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth
Prod.-Dir. Laurence Olivier. Perf. Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1985. Videotape release of the 1946 motion picture version of Shakespeare's King Henry V by Two Cities Films.
PN 1997 .H45 1985 pt. 1
PN 1997 .H45 1985 pt. 2

Henry V
Prod. Cedric Messina and Jonathan Miller. Perf. David Gwillim, Martin Neil. Paramus, NJ: Time-Life Video, 1980.
PN1997 .H45 1980 Reels I, II
PN1997 .H45 1980 Reel III

Henry V
Prod. Bruce Sharman. Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Christian Bale. New York: CBS/Fox Video, c1990.

Videocassette release of the 1989 motion picture.
PN1997 .H45 1990

Henry V
Dir. Michael Bogdanov. Perf. Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin, Paul Brennen, Barry Stanton, Andrew Jarvis, the English Shakespeare Company. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.
Recorded live at the Grand Theatre, Swansea.
PN1997 .H45 1990b v.1
PN1997 .H45 1990b v.2

Henry VI. Part 1
Prod. Jonathan Miller. Dir. Jane Howell. New York: Time Life Video, 1985.
PN1997 .H46 1985 tape 1

PN1997 .H46 1985 tape 2

Henry VI. Part 2
Prod. Jonathan Miller. Dir. Jane Howell. New York: Time Life Video, 1982.

PN1997 .H462 1982 pt. I-II
PN1997 .H462 1982 pt. III

Henry VI. Part 3
Prod. Jonathan Miller. Dir. Jane Howell. New York: Time Life Video, 1982.
PN1997 .H464 1982 pt. I-II

PN1997 .H464 1982 pt. III-IV

Henry VIII
Prod. Cedric Messina. Dir. Kevin Billington. Perf. John Stride, Timothy West, Michael Poole, Ronald Pickup, Peter Vaughn. New York: Time-Life Video, 1979.

PN1997 .H47 1979 pt. I-II

PN1997 .H47 1979 pt. III

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Prod. John Houseman. Dir. Joseph L Mankiewicz. Perf. Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr. Culver City, CA: MGM/UA Home Video, [1989], c1953.
Videocassette version of the motion picture released by Loew's Incorporated in 1953.

PN1997 .J8 1989

Julius Caesar
Prod. Peter Snell. Dir. Stuart Burge. Perf. Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Vaughn, Diana Rigg, Sir John Gielgud. Los Angeles: Republic Pictures Home Video, c1989.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1970.

PN1997 .J8 1989b

Julius Caesar
Prod. Cedric Messina. Dir. Herbert Wise. Perf. Richard Pasco, Keith Michell, Charles Gray, David Collings, Virginia McKenna. New York: Time-Life Multimedia, 1979.
PN1997 .J8 1979 pt. I-II

PN1997 .J8 1979 pt. III

King Lear
Dir. Peter Brook, Andrew McCullough. Prod. Fred Rickey. Musical score: Virgil Thomson. Perf. Orson Welles, Arnold Moss, Beatrice Straight, Margaret Phillips. International Film Forum, c1989.
Made in 1953 for television.
PN1997 .K67 1989

King Lear
Dir. Peter Brook. Prod. Michael Birkett. Perf. Paul Scofield, Cyril Cusack, Tom Fleming, Jack
MacGowran, Patrick Magee, Alan Webb, Irene Worth. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, c1988.
A 1971 movie.

PN1997 .K67 1988b

Korol Lir
Dir. Grigorii Kozintsev. Perf. .Jüri Järvet , E. Radzivil, G. Volchek, V. Shendrikova, O. Dal, K. Sebris. Commedia Dell'Arte Communications, 1990.
Originally released in the Soviet Union as a motion picture in 1971. Russian dialogue, English subtitles.
PN1997 .K67 1990

King Lear
Prod. Cedric Messina and Jonathan Miller. Perf. Michael Hordern (King Lear), Gillian Barge (Goneril), Penelope Wilton (Regan), Brenda Blethyn (Cordelia). New York: Time-Life Video, 1982.

PN1997 .K67 1982 pt. I-II

PN1997 .K67 1982 pt. III-IV

King Lear
Prod. Jack Nakano. Dir. Alan Cooke. Perf. Mike Kellin, Darryl Hickman, Charles Aidman, David Groh, Kitty Winn. Century Home Video.
Staged as seen in the 16th century.
PN1997 .K67 1983b v.1
PN1997 .K67 1983b v.2

King Lear
Perf. Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang, Robert Lindsay, Leo McKern, David Threlfull, Dorothy Tutin, Diana Rigg. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, c1983.
PN1997 .K67 1983 pt.1
PN1997 .K67 1983 pt.2

King Lear
Prod. Tony Davenall. Perf. Patrick Magee as King Lear, Patrick Mower, Ann Lynn, Phillip Brack, Beth Harris, Wendy Allnut, Robert Coleby, Ronald Radd and Ray Smith. New York: HBO Video, c1988.

PN1997 .K67 1988

King Lear
Prod. Joy Sprink. Dir. Richard Eyre. Perf. Ian Holm (King Lear), Barbara Flynn (Goneril), Amanda Redman (Regan), David Lyon (Albany), Michael Simkins (Cornwall), Victoria Hamilton (Cordelia). WGBH Boston Video, 1998.
Originally broadcast on Mobil Masterpiece Theatre
PN1997 .K67 1998

King John
New York: Time-Life Video, c1983.
PN1997 .K66 1983 pt. I-II
PN1997 .K66 1983 pt. III-IV

Love's Labour's Lost
London: British Broadcasting Corp, 1984.
PN1997 .L79 1984 pt.I-II
PN1997 .L79 1984 pt.III

Love's Labour's Lost
Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Prod. David Barron, Kenneth Branagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Nathan Lane, Adrian Lester, Matthew Lillard, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Timothy Spall. Burbank, CA: Miramax Home Entertainment.

1930s style musical adaptation.

PN1997 .L79 2000

Macbeth
Dir. Orson Welles. A Mercury Production by Orson Welles. Perf. Orson Welles (Macbeth), Dan O'Herlihy (MacDuff), Jeannette Nolan (Lady Macbeth), Edgar Barrier (Banquo), Alan Napier (a holy father), Roddy McDowall (Malcolm). Los Angeles: Republic Pictures Home Video, c1986
Originally released as a motion picture by Republic Pictures, 1948.
PN1997 .M32 1986c

Macbeth
Prod. Andrew Braunsberg. Dir. Roman Polanski. Screenplay, Roman Polanski, Kenneth Tynan. Perf. Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw. Burbank, CA: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, c1986.
Videocassette release of the 1971 motion picture.
PN1997 .M32 1986b

Macbeth
Prod. Trevor Nunn. Perf. Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ian McDiarmid, Bob Peck, Roger Rees, John Woodvine. New York: HBO Video, 1978.
A production designed especially for television.
PN1997 .M32 1978

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dir. Arthur Allan Seidelman. Perf. Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie, Simon MacCorkindale. Los Angeles: Century Home Video, c1981.
PN1997 .M32 1981

Macbeth
Prod. Shaun Sutton. Dir. Jack Gold. Perf. Nicol Williamson (Macbeth), Jane Lapotaire (Lady Macbeth), Ian Hogg (Banquo), Tony Doyle (Macduff). New York: Time-Life Video, 1984.
PN1997 .M32 1984 pt.1

PN1997 .M32 1984 pt.2

Macbeth
Dir.Trevor Nunn. Perf. Royal Shakespeare Company. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, [1986].
PN1997 .M32 1986 pt.1
PN1997 .M32 1986 pt.2

Macbeth
Dir. Charles Warren. Perf. Michael Jayston (Macbeth), Barbara Leigh Hunt (Lady Macbeth), Gary Watson (Macduff), David Weston (Malcolm). New York: HBO Video, 1988.
PN1997 .M32 1988

Macbeth
Prod. Shona Donaldson. Dir. Jeremy Freeston. Perf. Jason Connery, Helen Baxendale, Graham McTavish, Hildegard Neil. Cromwell Productions. 1996.

PN1997 .M32 1996

Measure for Measure
Dir. Desmond Davis. Perf. Kenneth Colley, Kate Nelligan, Tim Pigott-Smith, John McEnery, Christopher Strauli, Jacqueline Pearce, Kevin Stoney. New York: Time-Life Video, 1979.

PN1997 .M46 1979 pt. I -II

PN1997 .M46 1979 pt. III

The Merchant of Venice
Perf. Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins. New York: Time-Life Video, 1980.

PN1997 .M47 1980 pt. I-II

PN1997 .M47 1980 pt. III

The Merchant of Venice
Dir. John Sichel. Perf. Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston. LIVE Home Video, c1993.

A television version of Jonathan Miller's London stage production. The play is set in the Venice of 1860.
PN1997 .M47 1993

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Dir. Jack Manning. Prod. R. Thad Taylor. Host John Houseman. Perf. Leon Charles, Gloria Grahame, Valerie Seelie-Snyder. Century Home Video, c1982.
Staged as seen in the 16th century.
PN1997 .M48 1982b v.1
PN1997 .M48 1982b v.2

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Dir. David Jones. Prod. Shawn Sulton. Perf. Alan Bennett, Richard O'Callaghan, Tenniel Evans, Bryan Marshall, Richard Griffiths, Gordon Gustelow, Nigel Terry, Michael Robbins, Miranda Foster. New York: Time-Life Video, 1982
PN1997 .M48 1982 pt.1-2
PN1997 .M48 1982 pt.3

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dir. Max Reinhardt. Perf. James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney. Santa Monica: MGM/UA Home Video, c1993.
Videocassette release of the 1935 motion picture based on Shakespeare's play.
PN1997 .M54 1993

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dir. Joan Kemp-Welch. Perf. Patrick Allen, Eira Heath, Cyril Luckham, Tony Bateman, Jill Bennett, John Fraser, Clifford Elkin, Maureen Beck, Anna Massey, Peter Wyngarde, Tony Tanner, Kay Frazer, Benny Hill. Sandy Hook, CT: Video Images, c1991.
Videocassette release of British TV version of Shakespeare's comedy, probably produced by the BBC in the 1960s.
PN1997 .M54 1991

Midsummer Night's Dream
Prod. Michael Birkett. Dir. Peter Hall. Perf. Ian Richardson (Oberon), Judi Dench (Titania), Ian Holm (Puck), David Warner (Lysander), Diana Rigg (Helena), Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan, Michael Jayston, Helen Mirren. Water Bearer Films, c1993.
Film originally released in 1968.
PN1997 .M54 1993b

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dir. Emile Ardolino. Prod. Joseph Papp. Perf. William Hurt, Michele Shay, Marcell Rosenblatt, Jeffrey DeMunn. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, c1988.
This performance was taped live in the summer of 1982 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
PN1997 .M54 1988 v.1
PN1997 .M54 1988 v.2

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Prod. Cedric Messina and Jonathan Miller. Perf. Helen Mirren (Titania), Peter McEnery (Oberon), Pippa Guard (Hermia), Brian Glover (Bottom). New York: Time-Life Video, 1982.
PN1997 .M54 1982

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dir. and screenwriterr: Michael Hoffman. Perf. Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci, Christian. Beverly Hills: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1999.
not yet cataloged

Much Ado About Nothing
Prod. Shaun Sutton. Dir. Stuart Burge. Perf. Cherie Lunghi (Beatrice), Robert Lindsay (Benedick), Robert Reynolds (Claudio). New York: Time-Life Video, [1984].
PN1997 .M83 1984 pt.I,II
PN1997 .M83 1984 pt.III

Much Ado About Nothing
Dir. and adapted by Kenneth Branagh. Prod. Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, and Kenneth Branagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Brian Blessed. Burbank, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video, 1993.
Videocassette release of the 1993 motion picture.
PN1997 .M83 1993

Othello
Dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki. Perf. Emil Jannings, Werner Kraus, Lya de Putti.
Silent film made in 1922. With music score and English subtitles.
PN1997 .O75 1980

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Prod.-Dir. Orson Welles. Perf. Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Micheal MacLiammoir. Academy Entertainment, c1992.
Videocassette release of the 1952 motion picture.
Once considered lost, this is a newly restored print of the film long regarded as a masterpiece, the Orson Welles adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. Filmed on location throughout Europe and North Africa.
PN1997 .O75 1992

Othello
Prod. Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne. Dir. Stuart Burge. Perf. Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, [1996].
Originally produced as motion picture in 1965.
PN1997 .O75 1996b

Othello
Prod. Jonathan Miller. Perf. Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Pedley, Bob Hoskins, Penelope Wilton. New York: Time-Life Video, 1981.
BBC Television Shakespeare
PN1997 .O75 1981 pt. I-II
PN1997 .O75 1981 pt. III-IV

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Dir. Franklin Melton. Prod. Jack Nakano. Perf. William Marshall, Ron Moody, Jenny Agutter. Los Angeles: Century Home Video, [1984], c1981.
PN1997 .O75 1984

Othello
Dir. Janet Suzman. Prod. David Pupkewitz. Perf. John Kani, Richard Haddon Haines, Joanna Weinberg, Dorothy Gould, Frantz Dobrowsky, Neil McCarthy. Othello Productions ; Films for the Humanities, c1988.
PN1997 .O75 1988 v.1
PN1997 .O75 1988 v.2

Othello
Dir. Trevor Nunn. Prod. Greg Smith. Perf. Michael Grandage, Ian McKellen, Clive Swift, Willard White, Imogen Stubbs, Zoe Wanamaker. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1995.
PN1997 .O75 1995 v.1
PN1997 .O75 1995 v.2

Othello
Prod. Luc Roeg and David Barron. Dir. Oliver Parker. Perf. Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh. Columbia Tristar Home Video, [1996], c1995.
PN1997 .O75 1996

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Prod. Shaun Sutton. Dir. David Jones. Perf. Mike Gwilym, John Woodvine, Robert Ashby, Valerie Lush, Patrick Allen, Amanda Redman. New York: Time-Life Video, c1983.
PN1997 .P47 1983 pt. I-II
PN1997 .P47 1983 pt. III-IV

The Tragedy of King Richard II
Prod. Jack Nakano. Dir. William Woodman. Perf. David Birney (Richard II), Paul Shenar (Henry Bolingbroke), Peter MacLean (Duke of York). Century Home Video, c1982.
PN1997 .R54 1982

Richard II
Dir. Michael Bogdanov. Perf. Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin, Paul Brennen, Barry Stanton, Andrew Jarvis, the English Shakespeare Company. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.
Live at the Grand Theatre, Swansea.
PN1997 .R54 1990 v.1
PN1997 .R54 1990 v.2

Richard III
Prod.-Dir. Laurence Olivier. Perf. Laurence Oliver, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Pamela Brown, Stanley Baker. Nelson Entertainment, [1987?]
Videocassette release of the 1955 motion picture by London Film Productions.
PN1997 .R55 1987

Richard III
Prod. Jonathan Miller. Perf. Brian Protheroe. New York: Time-Life Video, 1982.
PN1997 .R55 1982 pt. I, II
PN1997 .R55 1982 pt. III, IV

Richard III
Dir. Michael Bogdanov. Perf. Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin, Paul Brennen, Barry Stanton, Andrew Jarvis, the English Shakespeare Company. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.
Recorded live at the Grand Theatre, Swansea.
PN1997 .R55 1990 v.1
PN1997 .R55 1990 v.2
PN1997 .R55 1990 v.3

Richard III
Dir. Richard Loncraine. Prod. Lisa Katselas Pare & Stephen Bayly. Perf. Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey, Jr. Santa Monica, CA: MGM/UA Home Video, [1996], c1995.
In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
PN1997 .R55 1996

Romeo and Juliet
Dir. George Cukor. Perf. Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Andy Devine. Culver City, CA: MGM/UA Home Video, [1992], c1936.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
PN1997 .R65 1992

Romeo and Juliet
Prod. Sandro Ghenzi. Dir. Renato Castellani. Perf. Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland, Mervyn Johns; chorus, John Gielgud. Los Angeles: Hallmark Home Entertainment, c1996.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954. Filmed on location in Italy.
PN1997 .R65 1996

Romeo and Juliet
Prod. Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O'Shea, Michael York, Pat Heywood. Hollywood: Paramount Home Video, 1980.
Videocassette release of the 1968 motion picture by Paramount Pictures Corporation.
PN1997 .R65 1980

Romeo and Juliet
Dir. Alvin Rakoff. Perf. Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, Celia Johnson, Michael Hordern.
New York: Time-Life Video, 1979.
PN1997 .R65 1979 pt. I-II
PN1997 .R65 1979 pt. III

Romeo & Juliet
Dir. William Woodman. Prod. Jack Nakano. Perf. Alex Hyde-White, Blanche Baker, Esther Rolle. Distributed by Bennett Video Group, c1982.
Staged as seen in the 16th century.
PN1997 .R65 1982 v.1
PN1997 .R65 1982 v.2

Romeo and Juliet
Dir. Joan Kemp-Welch. Prod. Francis Coleman. Perf. Christopher Neame, Ann Hasson, Laurence Payne, Mary Kenton, Peter Dyneley, Simon MacCorkindale, Arthur Hewlett, Clive Swift. New York: HBO Video, c1988.
PN1997 .R65 1988 v.1
PN1997 .R65 1988 v.2

Romeo and Juliet
Prod. & Dir. Norman Campbell. Perf. Megan Follows, Antoni Cimolino. St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada: Madacy Entertainment Group, 1996.
Stratford Festival production sets the play in the time of Mussolini.
PN 1997 .R65 1996b v.1
PN1997 .R65 1996b v.2

William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Prod. Gabriella Martinelli and Baz Luhrman. Dir. Baz Luhrman. Perf. Leonardo di Caprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, JohnLeguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora. Beverly Hills: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment/Fox Video, c1997.
Modern adaptation to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
PR2831 .A23 L8 1997

The Taming of the Shrew
Dir. Sam Taylor. Perf. Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Edwin Maxwell, Joseph Cawthorn, Clyde Cook, Geoffrey Wardwell.
Videocassette release of 1929 motion picture, restored and re-released in 1966, with music and new sound effects added by Matty Kemp.
PN1997 .T33 1980b (1929)

The Taming of the Shrew
Prod. Worthington Miner. Dir. Paul Nickell. Perf. Lisa Kirk, Charlton Heston. Sandy Hook, Conn: Video Images, c1991.
Originally aired on CBS-TV, June 5, 1950. A "modern dress" version of Shakespeare's play.
PN1997 .T33 1991

The Taming of the Shrew
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Richard Burton (Petruchio), Elizabeth Taylor (Katharina), Cyril Cusack (Grumio), Michael Hordern (Baptista), Natasha Pyne (Bianca), Michael York (Lucentio). Burbank, CA: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1986.
Videocassette release of the 1967 motion picture presented by Columbia Pictures, Inc.
PN1997 .T33 1986

The Taming of the Shrew
Perf. John Cleese, Sarah Badel. New York: Time-Life Video, 1980.
PN1997 .T33 1980 pt. I, II
PN1997 .T33 1980 pt. III

The Taming of the Shrew
Dir. John Allison. Prod. Jack Nakano. Perf. Franklin Seales, Larry Drake, Karen Austin. Bard Productions; Wilmington, CA : distributed by Crest Video Marketing, 1983.
PN1997 .T33 1983 pt. I
PN1997 .T33 1983 pt. II

The Taming of the Shrew
Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1996.
A videocassette release of the 1986 television production. Presents the 1986 Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare's comedy.
PN1997 .T33 1996 v.1
PN1997 .T33 1996 v.2

The Tempest
Prod.-Dir. George Schaefer. Perf. Maurice Evans (Prospero), Richard Burton (Caliban), Roddy McDowall (Ariel), Tom Poston (Trinculo), Liam Redmond (Gonzalo), Lee Remick (Miranda). Princeton: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c1990.
First presented in 1960.
PN1997 .T39 1990

The Tempest
Prod. Cedric Messina. Perf. Pippa Guard, Michael Hordern, David Dixon, Warren Clarke. New York: Time-Life Video, 1980.
PN1997 .T39 1980 pt. I-II
PN1997 .T39 1980 pt. III

The Tempest
Prod. Ken Campbell. Dir. William Woodman. Perf. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., William H. Bassett, Ted Sorel.
Los Angeles: Century Home Video, [1983], c1981.
Produced in 1983 for television.
PN1997 .T39 1983

Timon of Athens
Prod. Cedric Messina, Jonathan Miller. Perf. Jonathan Pryce (Timon), John Shrapnel (Alcibiades). New York: Time-Life Video, 1981
PN1997 .T55 1981 pt. I-II
PN1997 .T55 1981 pt. III

Titus Andronicus
Prod. Shaun Sutton. Dir. Jane Howell. Perf. Trevor Peacock (Titus), Aileen Atkins (Tamora), Hugh Quarshie (Aaron), Brian Protheroe (Saturninus), Nicholas Gecks (Bassianus), Gavin Richards (Lucius), Anna Calder-Marshall (Lavinia). New York: Time-Life Video, [1985].
PN1997 .T57 1985 pt. I-II
PN1997 .T57 1985 pt. III-IV

Titus Andronicus
Dir. Christopher Dunne. Perf. Robert Reese, Candy Sweet. New Port Ritchey, Fla: Joe Redner Film and Productions, 2000.
PN1997 .T57 2000

Titus
Prod. Conchita Airoldi, Dir. Julie Taymor. Perf. Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming. Berverly Hills, CA: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2000.
Julie Taymor's adaptation of Titus Andronicus.
PN1997 .T569 2000

Troilus and Cressida
Prod. Cedric Messina, Jonathan Miller. Perf. Anton Lesser, Suzanne Burden. New York: Time-Life Video, 1982.
PN1997 .T76 1982 pt. I-II
PN1997 .T76 1982 pt. III-IV

Twelfth Night
Prod. Cedric Messina. Dir. John Gorrie. Perf. Alec McCowen, Trevor Peacock, Felicity Kendall. New York: Time-Life Video, 1980.
PN1997 .T83 1980 pt. I-II
PN1997 .T83 1980 pt. III

Twelfth Night, or, What You Will
Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Prod. David Parfitt. Music by Paul McCartney and Pat Doyle. Directed for television by Paul Kafno. Perf. Frances Barber, Christopher Ravenscroft, James Saxon, Richard Briers, Caroline Langrishe. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, [1988?].
Dramatization for television
PN1997 .T83 1988 v.1
PN1997 .T83 1988 v.2

Twelfth Night
Prod. Stephen Evans and David Parfitt. Perf. Helena Bonham Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Toby Stephens, Inogen Stubbs. New Line Home Video, [1997], c1996.
PN1997 .T83 1997

Two Gentlemen of Verona
Prod. Shaun Sutton. Dir. Don Taylor. New York: Time-Life Video, [1983].
PN1997 .T85 1983 pt.1
PN1997 .T85 1983 pt.2

The Winter's Tale
Prod. Cedric Messina and Jonathan Miller. Perf. Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall, Debbie Farrington, Margaret Tyzack. New York: Time-Life Video, 1981.
PN1997 .W56 1981 pt. I-II
PN1997 .W56 1981 pt. III

Silent Shakespeare
New York: Milestone Films and Video, 2000.

Videocassette release of seven motion pictures originally produced between 1899 and 1911; digitally restored to video by the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive. Contents: King John (Britain, 1899, 3 min.) / directed by Walter Pfeffer Dando...[et al.] -- The Tempest
(Britain, 1908, 12 min.) / directed by Percy Snow -- A Midsummer Night's Dream(USA, 1909, 11 min.) / directed by James Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent -- King Lear (Italy, 1910, 16 min.) / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio -- Twelfth Night (USA, 1910, 13 min) / directed by Charles Kent, produced by J. Stuart Blackton -- The Merchant of Venice (Italy, 1910, 10 min.) / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio --(Britain, 1911, 22 min.)
PN1997 .A1 S43 2000

 

Sonnets

Sonnet Variations
Dir. James Shiffer. Perf. Douglas L. Banks, Matthew R. Dubroff, Travis Hardy, Shirley Kagan, James Kidd, Joan E. McRae, Peter Mitias. Princeton, N.J: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000.

Twenty-nine of Shakespeare's sonnets are delivered in various pastoral settings, at the breakfast table, over the telephone and as a standup comedy routine. The performances include sonnets 1, 3, 12, 15, 18, 20, 29, 33, 34, 35, 57, 60, 73, 87, 90, 94, 97, 116, 126, 129, 130, 135, 138, 143, 144, 146, 147, 153 and 154. An afterword provides comments on the history and relevance of the sonnets.
PR2848 .S64 2000


 

Adaptations

 

Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
Prod. Emiliano Piedra and Angel Escolan. Dir. Orson Welles. Perf. Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud, Keith Baxter, Alan Webb, narration by Ralph Richardson. [1990?]
Video release of 1967 motion picture. Adapted by Orson Welles from Shakespeare's Henry IV parts 1 &2; Narration based on Holingshead's Chronicles.
PN1997 .F34 1990

Julius Caesar (opera)
Prod. John Copely. Perf. Janet Baker (Julius Caesar) ; Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra) ; Sara Walker (Cornelia) ; Della Jones (Sextus) ; James Bowman (Ptolemy) ; John Tomlinson (Achillas) ; English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Charles Mackerras, conductor. Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2001].

A studio performance of one of Handel's best known operas by the English National Opera. The opera, a tale of love and power based on Shakespeare's play, was first performed in 1724 at the Haymarket Theatre in London using castrati singers in the heroes roles. This lavish production follows modern practice in using women in these parts, and in particular, Dame Janet Baker creates the virtuoso role of Julius Caesar.
M1500 .H13 G58 2001 MUSIC-DESK

Macbeth (opera)
Prod. Luca Ronconi. TV Dir. Brian Large. Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Perf. Goetz Rose (Duncan), David Griffith (Malcolm), Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Maria Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), James Morris (Banquo), Claus Endisch (Fleance), Dennis O'Neill (Macduff), et al.; Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor. RM Arts, c1987.
M1500.V47 M3 1987 MUSIC-DESK

A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)
Dir. Peter Hall. Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Perf. Ileana Cotrubas (Tytania), James Bowman (Oberon), Ryland Davies (Lysander), Dale Duesing (Demetrius), Cynthia Buchan (Hermia), Felicity Loft (Helena) ; The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performed at the Glyndebourne Festival. Opera. West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur, 1981.
M1500 .B827 M5 1981 MUSIC-DESK

Otello (opera)
Dir. for television, Preben Montell. Prod. staged by Gianfranco de Bosio. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. libretto by Arrigo Boito. Perf. Vladimir Atlantov, Kiri Te Kanawa, Piero Cappuccilli. Chorus, Orchestra, and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona. New York: Thorn EMI Video, 1982.
Videorecording of the performance at the Arena di Verona in 1982.
M1500.V47 O74 1982 MUSIC-DESK

Otello (opera)
Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto, Arrigo Boito. Designed and directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Placido Domingo (Otello), Katia Ricciarelli (Desdemona), Justino Diaz (Iago), Petra Malakova, Urbano Barberini. Long Branch, NJ: Kultur International Films, 1986.
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
M1500.V47 O74 1986 MUSIC-DESK

Prospero's Books
Prod. Kees Kasander. Dir. Peter Greenaway. Perf. John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Isabelle Pasco, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson, Tom Bell. Beverly Hills: FoxVideo, [1992], c1991.
Videocassette release of the 1991 motion picture. Adapted from The Tempest by Shakespeare, Prospero's Books envisions a magical realm of exquisite beaut, where the innocence of love and dreams of revenge collide to create a tempest.
PN1997 .P76 1992

Ran
Prod. Serge Silberman and Masato Hara. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Perf. Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki. Livonia, MI: CBS/Fox Video, 1986.
In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons. They turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane. In Japanese with English subtitles. Originally released in 1985 as a motion picture.
PN1997 .R23 1986

Scotland PA
Prod. Richard Shepard, Jonathan Stein. Dir.Billy Morrissette. Perf. James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan, James Rebhorn, Thomas Guiry, Amy Smart, Timothy Speed Levitch, Andy Dick. Sundance Channel Home Entertainment: Showtime Entertainment, c2002.
Scotland, PA translates Shakespeare's "Macbeth" into a comedy set in a Pennsylvania fast-food burger stand, circa 1972.
PN1997 .S316 2002

Ten Things I Hate About You
Prod. Andrew Lazar. Dir. Gil Junger. Perf. Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller. Burbank, CA: Touchstone Home Video, 2000.
Loosely based on "The Taming of the Shrew", this 1999 movie is set in a contemporary high school.
PN1997 .A134 2000

Tempest
Prod.-Dir. Paul Mazursky. Perf. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raul Julia. Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1995.
In this modern-day version of Shakespeare's tale, Phillip Dimitrious flees from his stormy marriage to Antonia, going to Greece with his daughter Miranda. After meeting Aretha, the three achieve a fragile tranquility on a nearly-deserted island until Antonia arrives in search of Miranda.Videocassette release of the 1982 motion picture.
PN1997 .T395 1995

Throne of Blood
Prod.-Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Perf. Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura. Los Angeles: Media Home Entertainment, c1987.
In this 1957 film, Kurosawa sets the narrative of Macbeth in medieval Japan.
PN1997 .T477 1987

Tromeo and Juliet
Prod: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz. Dir. Lloyd Kaufman. Perf. Jane Jensen, Will Keenan. Troma Team Video, 1997.
A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic trajedy.
PN 1997 .T765

 

 


 

Inspired by Shakespeare

The King is Alive
Dir. Kristian Lerring. Prod. Patricia Kruijer, Vibeke Windeløv. Writers Kristian Lerring, Anders Thomas Jensen. Perf. Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley, David Calder, Bruce Davidson, Brion James, Peter Kubheka, Vusi Kunene, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Janet McTeer, Chris Walker, Lia Williams. MCM Home Entertainment, 2002.

Follows the trials and tribulations of a busload of tourists who get stranded in an abandoned mining town in the middle of the African desert. After a fine bout of partying, they fall prey to the heat, isolation, and fear of death that pushes them to the extremes of introspection and emotional exploration. In a beautifully futile gesture, they begin to rehearse a production of Shakespeare's King Lear, which helps pry open a few fragile psyches.
PN1997 .K56 2002

Shakespeare in Love
Dir. John Madden. Prod. David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman. Writers: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. Perf: Gwyenth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geofrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Simon Callow. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998.
When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before.
PN1997 .S5414 1998

Shakespeare Wallah
Dir. James Ivory. Prod. Ismail Merchant. Story and screenplay by R. Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory. Perf. Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey. Los Angeles: Embassy Home Entertainment, 1987.

The story of two lovers, Lizzie and Sanju. One belongs to an obsolete English travelling theatre group, the other is a rich young Indian playboy. Their affair--sudden, electric, brief--provides the pivot for a story about the decline and fall of British power in modern India. Videocassette release of a 1965 motion picture.
PN1997 .S5419 1987

Thunderbolt
Prod. & dir. Tunde Kelani. Perf. Uche Obi-Osotule, Lanre Balogun, Buki Ajayi, Wale Macaulay, Larinde Akinleye, Ngozi Nwosu. San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel 2000.

This feature film focuses on Yinka from the Yoruba tribe and Ngozi, an Ibo, who meet in the National Youth Service Corps in Nigeria. A retelling of the Othello story in an African setting, the seeds of jealousy are planted when a friend of Yinka, suggests that Ngozi is having a secret affair because "Ibo are untrustworthy." The film then becomes distinctly West African as the supernatural comes to the fore; curses and ritual cleansing take the place of psychological explanations. An old man warns Ngozi, who is accused of having AIDS, that her death is imminent and will strike her like a thunderbolt
PN1997 .T49 2000

West Side Story
Dirs. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on a book by Ernest Laurents. Music: Leonard Bernstein: Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim. Perf: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, Goerge Chakiris. Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, 1998.
A modern version of Romeo and Juliet set in the Puerto Rican section of New York City.Videocassette release of a 1961 motion picture.
PN1997 .W45 1998

 

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Acting, Teaching, and Producing Shakespeare

 

Critical Approaches to Shakespeare
Prod. Nicholas Watson. Princeton, N.J: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002.
Presents a range of critical approaches to the Bard, including postcolonialism, feminism, new historicism, and cultural materialism. Host, Stephen Regan ; interviews with Terence Hawkes, Catherine Belsey, Russ McDonald, Stephen Greenblatt, Ania Loomba, John Drakakis, Reg Foakes, Kiernan Ryan, Penny Gay.
PR2970 .C758 2002


Critical Guide to Shakespeare
(series)
Key scenes of the plays are analyzed and themes, plots and characters are discussed by scholars from the Shakespeare Center at Stratford-on-Avon.
Hamlet PR2807 .C74 1998
Julius Caesar PR2808 .C75 1998
King Lear PR2819 .C753 1998
Othello PR2829 .C75 1998
Macbeth PR2823 .C75 1998
Romeo and Juliet PR2831 .C753 1998

 
Discovering Hamlet
Prod. Larry Klein. Writ.-Dir. Mark Olshaker. The Renaissance Theatre Company, directed by Derek Jacobi. Perf. Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Richard Easton (Claudius), Edward Jewesbury (Polonius), Sophie Thompson (Ophelia), Jay Villiers (Laertes), Patrick Stewart (Narrator). PBS Video, c1990.

Follows the week-by-week progress of the Company preparing to stage a production of Hamlet. The actors describe stage action and the characters they portray, and members of the technical crew discuss aspects of costuming, set design, lighting, and the problems of working with Shakespeare's 400-year-old text.
PR2807 .D56 1990


Exploring a Character
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. David Suchet, Patrick Stewart. Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Under John Barton's direction, two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company explore Shakespeare's character Shylock to demonstrate how Shakespeare develops a character and the multiplicity of ways in which his characters can be understood
PR2825 .E87 1984


The Great Hamlets
Dir. Derek Bailey. Prod. Joseph Wishy. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1996.

Film originally made in 1985. In the first program, Trevor Nunn discusses the various forms of Shakespeare's character, Hamlet. In the second program, Trevor Nunn delves into the underlying dynamics of the play, the psychological aspects of Hamlet, the Oedipal conflict, Hamlet's madness, and the political questions raised in the play. Includes interviews with the greatest interpreters of Hamlet from around the
world including Laurence Olivier, Ben Kingsley, and Maximilian Schell. Describes their thoughts about the role, how to play it, and why it is such a great challenge.
PR2807 .G66 1996 v.1
PR2807 .G66 1996 v.2


Hamlet. Workshop 1
Dir. John Russell Brown. Prod. David Hoyle. Perf. David Yelland, Peter Sproule, Dermott Crowley, Shane Connaughton. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences 1996, c1984.

The program investigates the question of Hamlet's character as director John Russell Brown takes actor David Yelland through various interpretations of the role, working on some of Hamlet's key speeches and interactions with other characters and trying out various ways of presenting this complex character.
PR2807 .H2695 1996


Hamlet's Soliloquies: Perfecting Perfection
Prod. Jenn;y Bardwell. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, c2002.

In this program, award-winning actor Tim Pigott-Smith leads a workshop with several graduates from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts on three of Hamlet's soliloquies ... With its emphasis on close reading of the text and modulation of tone, volume, and rhythm, this program serves as an excellent teaching resource for any drama production
PR2807 .H28 2002


Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2. Workshop 1
Dir. John Russell Brown. Prod. David Hoyle. Perf. Michael Thomas, Timothy West, David Ryall, Miriam Karlin. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1996, c1984.
PR2809 .H46 1996


Imperial Rome, Colonial Egypt
Prod. Amanda Willet. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.

This videotape explores the contrasts of Antony and Cleopatra through its sets, costumes, and stagecraft. In this program, the actors of Tara Arts, a drama company in Britain, rehearse selected scenes from an Antony and Cleopatra set not in the ancient world, but in the parallel era of the British Raj. By employing innovative stagecraft that blends elements of Indian and Victorian culture, this production addresses issues such as imperialism while challenging stereotypes of Asians and Europeans
PR2802 .I56 2002


Irony and Ambiguity
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Ben Kingsley, Alan Howard, Jane Lapotaire, Michael Pennington, Mike Gwilym, Richard Pasco, Tony Church, Norman Rodway. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of irony and ambiguity. Barton analyzes some of Shakespeare's texts with the actors, and demonstrates how understanding the intended irony in a phrase or speech totally changes the perception of the character speaking.
PR2995 .I76 1984


King Lear. Workshop 1

Dir. John Russell Brown. Prod. David Hoyle. Perf. Julian Glover, Basil Henson, James Laurenson, Karl Johnson. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1996, c1984.

In this program, director John Russell Brown takes actor Julian Glover through Act II, scene 4, as far as the storm scene. The central issue is Lear's madness; how can an actor convey it and at the same time be aware of the "reason in madness" so central to the meaning of the play? Answers to this can come only through detailed enactment and discussion of certain crucial moments.
PR2819 .K4986 1996

King Lear, Text and Performance
Presented by Lizbeth Goodman and Fiona Shaw, the Open University. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.

Using Shakespeare's King Lear as a dramatic laboratory, this program explores how meaning, even within the same scene, can be changed by performers, director, space, audience, design, cultural background, type of performance, and editing.
PR2819 .K496 2002

Language and character
Dir. John Barton. Perf. Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart, Lisa Harrow, Roger Rees, Michael Pennington, David Suchet, Michael Williams, Sinead Cusack. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of language to define character and his characters' use of heightened language to achieve their intentions. Explores the Elizabethan relish of words and the use of Elizabethan English in the development of Shakespeare's characters.
PR3072 .L35 1984

The Literature of the Renaissance
Springfield, VA: Teaching Company, 1993.

Relevant parts: Lesson 5. Introduction to Shakespeare/Peter Saccio --- Lesson 6. Richard III: Actor as Villain / Dennis Huston --- Lesson 7. Hamlet and the Perplexing World / Peter Saccio --- Lesson 8. Twelfth Night and Shakespearean Comedy / Peter Saccio.
PN721 .L59 1993


Looking For Richard
Dir. Al Pacino. Prod. Michael Hadge & Al Pacino. Perf. Penelope Allen, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Conway, Al Pacino, Estelle Parsons, Aidan Quinn, Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey, Harris Yulin. Beverly Hills: Fox Video, [1997], c1996.

Shakespeare's gripping drama of power, lust and betrayal becomes accessible to a broader audience. The camera follows the cast and crew throughout rehearsals, eavesdropping on the behind-the-scenes process that goes into creating characters and mounting a production. Originally released as motion picture in 1996.
PN1997 .L664 1997


Making of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dir. & Prod. Tynette Deveaux. Derry, NH. Chip Taylor Communications, 2000.
The creative process from the first day of rehearsals to the first performance is presented.
PR2827 .M35 2000


Measure for Measure. Workshop 1
Perf. Jenny Agutter, Michael Beint, Michael Thomas, Chris Hunter. Princeton: Films for the Humanities & Sciences; 1996, c1984.

This program concentrates on Act II, scene 2, in which Isabella (Jenny Agutter) comes to plead with Angelo (Michael Thomas) for her brother's life. Director John Brown asks what, and how much, each character can be said to reveal of themselves here. Through this highly focused rehearsal, it becomes possible to discover an Isabella far more passionate and far more complex than sometimes portrayed.
PR2824 .M42 1996


Passion and Coolness
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Ben Kingsley, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Tony Church, Susan Fleetwood, Mike Gwilym, Patrick Stewart, Sheila Hancock, Lisa Harrow, Michael Pennington, Donald Sinden. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of passion and coolness. Barton and the actors demonstrate deliberate and striking inconsistencies in Shakespeare's characters; the characteristic Shakespearean mixture of deep feeling; choric elements; and the balancing of heightened language and naturalistic performance.
PR2989 .P37 1984


Performing Shakespeare: Techniques For Personalizing and Energizing The Scene
Dir.-Edit. Ken Kebow. Perf. Rebecca Rauscher, David Davalos. Leucadia, CA: Theatre Arts Video Library, c1990.

Uses single and dual studio exercises and the presentation of a complete scene from Hamlet to assist actors, teachers, students, coaches, and directors in achieving the techniques necessary for the performance of Shakespearean drama. Geared specifically toward productions using American actors.
PR3091 .P37 1990


Poetry and Hidden Poetry
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Peggy Ashcroft, Ben Kingsley, Ian McKellan, Alan Howard, Lisa Harrow, Donald Sinden, David Suchet. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton leads members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion of Shakespeare's use of poetry and hidden poetry in seemingly unpoetic lines. Barton and the actors demonstrate how polysyllables trip easily off the tongue, while monosyllabic lines and words are packed with thoughts and feelings. They also explore Shakespeare's use of the words "time" and "death," along with contrast and sudden changes that occur.
PR3072 .P63 1984


Preparing To Perform Shakespeare
Dir. Peter Walker. Prod. Andrew Snell. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, [1984?], c1979.

Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience to demonstrate how they rehearse and learn to perform Shakespeare's plays.Made in 1979 by London Weekend Television for the television program The South Bank Show.
PR3091 .P74 1984


Rehearsing the Text
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Judi Dench, Richard Pasco, Norman Rodway, Michael Williams. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Concentrating on a scene from Twelfth Night, presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and reading of the lines in search of Shakespeare's clues to character, language, and staging. Barton and the actors demonstrate how verse itself is a clue to the meaning.
PR2837 .R44 1984


Set Speeches and Soliloquy
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Alan Howard, Judi Dench, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Barbara Leigh-Hunt. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of dialogue and soliloquy for story and audience purposes. Barton explains the differences between the two, what they contain, and how they arise.
PR2997.S7 S4 1984


Shakespeare, Breathing Life into Text
Stage dir. David Ritchie. film dir. Arthur Tanaka. prod. Barbara Peters. Perfs. Hamlet, Damien Ryan; Gertrude, Lisa Penny; Ophelia, Bernadette Ryan; Polonius, Henri Szeps. Coquitlam, B.C: Classroom Video, c2001.

This video looks at how different interpretations of Shakespeare's texts bring different meanings to scenes. Theatre director David Ritchie discusses his method for bringing Shakespeare to life on the stage. He shows how different choices made by actors make their influences felt on the performance through an in-depth look at two crucial scenes in Hamlet; Act III, scene I, "The nunnery scene", and Act III, scene IV, "The closet scene".
PR2807 .S48 2001


Shakespeare, Drama's DNA
.
Dir. Roger Parsons. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.
Theatre director Sir Richard Eyre traces the evolution of Shakespearean drama from the days of the Rose to the last hundred years.
PN2595 .C493 2001 v.1


Shakespeare in Perspective
Prod: Victor Poole. Dirs. David Wilson, Sally Kirkwood. Princeton: Fijlms for the Humanities and Sciences, 1998.

This series of programs challenges traditional interpretations of seven Shakespearean plays. The programs, from the BBC Archives, consist of personalities from the arts using excerpts from BBC productions of the plays in analyzing the actions of the main characters providing original insight into the meaning of each drama. [v.1] Antony and Cleopatra: a personal view / by Anna Raeburn -- [v.2] Coriolanus: a personal view / by Sir John Hackett -- [v.3] Love's Labour's Lost: a personal view / by Emma Tennant --[v.4] The Merchant of Venice: a personal view / by Wolf Mankowitz -- [v.5] The Merry Wives of Windsor: a personal view / by Jilly Cooper -- [v.6] Much Ado About Nothing: a personal view / by Eleanor Bron -- [v.7] Titus Andronicus: a personal view / by Anthony Clare.
PR2976 .S3375 1998


Speaking Shakespearean Verse
Prod. Andrew Snell. Dir. Peter Walker. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, [1984].

Made by London Weekend Television in 1979 for the television program The South Bank Show. Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company present a workshop before a television studio audience in which they interpret the rhythms and pronunciation of Shakespeare's English.
PR3072 .S64 1984


Teaching Shakespeare : New Approaches From The Folger Shakespeare Library
Prod.-Dir. Marjory and Robert Potts. West Tisbury, MA: Vineyard Video Productions, 1986.

Shows a summer institute held at the Folger Shakespeare Library at which scholars, actors, and teachers discuss problems of language in Shakespeare, methods of play directing, Elizabethan society, and Shakespeare's life and his drama.
PR2897 .T36 1986


Twelfth Night Workshop
Dir. Tony Church. Prod. David Hoyle. Perf. Patrick Stewart, Richard Johnson, Eric Allen, Lisa Harrow, Bernard Lloyd. Princeton: Films for the Humanities and Sciences; c1996.

A group of experienced Shakespearean actors first read through, and then rehearse, Act II, scene 3, one of the funniest scenes in the play. This rehearsal culminates in a runthrough of the scene, showing how the discoveries of the workshop are brought into the play.
PR2837 .T83 1996


The Two Traditions
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Ben Kingsley, Ian McKellan, Alan Howard, Mike Gwilym, Sheila Hancock, Lisa Harrow, David Suchet. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of language, meter, and verse. Barton and the actors address and analyze the question of how to understand Shakespeare's texts, citing examples of his plays, and, by contrast, the writings of other British authors of the period.
PR3085 .T95 1984


Using the Verse
Prod. Melvyn Bragg and Nick Evans. Dir. John Carlaw. Perf. Ben Kingsley, Ian McKellen, Alan Howard, Sinead Cusack, Sheila Hancock, Lisa Harrow, Jane Lapotaire, Frank Stewart, David Suchet, Michael Williams. Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1984, c1983.

Presenter/director John Barton guides members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare's use of blank verse. In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line, and why Shakespeare's lines sometimes mis-scan. Also includes examples from the Miracle plays and other writings to demonstrate the alternatives to iambic pentameter.
PR3085 .U75 1984

 


Shakespeare's Life and Times

Shakespeare and His Theatre
Princeton: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1993.
Scenes of present-day London and London of Shakespeare's time are compared, as the history and design of the Globe Theatre are described.
PR2920 .S42 1993

Tudor and Stuart London
Princeton: Films for the Humanities, 1991
Describes the development of the city of London between 1500 and 1666, beginning with the reign of Henry VIII and ending with the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire.
DA680 .T83 1991

 

 

 

 

Shakespeare Videotapes in Fondren Library , Rice University, Houston Texas 1/14/04