Shakespeare Videotapes & DVDs in Fondren Library
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, JackMacGowran, 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
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
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
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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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
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 SoliloquyProd. 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 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