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Hamlet

Hamlet

To be or not to be Hamlet, that is the question

Panto preparations, 1948

Panto preparations, 1948

BBC Newsreel goes behind the scenes of a pantomime (Oh yes they do!)

Shakespeare's Heroes, 1979

Shakespeare's Heroes, 1979

Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellan discuss their roles in Macbeth

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Pride and Prejudice

Award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's classic romance.

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