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Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
Travel back to a bygone Stratford-upon-Avon with the BFI's fascinating travelogues.
  1. Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
    14:01
    Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
  2. Stephen Fry
    12:30
    Stephen Fry
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  3. Toni Morrison
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    Toni Morrison
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  4. The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
    09:15
    The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
  5. BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Fight Scene
    01:57
    BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Fight Scene
  6. New Shakespeare Songbook: Ane Brun interview
    01:14
    New Shakespeare Songbook: Ane Brun interview
  7. Early appearances: Patrick Stewart as Claudius - Hamlet (BBC, 1980)
    01:24
    Early appearances: Patrick Stewart as Claudius - Hamlet (BBC, 1980)
  8. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VI, Part 1
    02:59
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VI, Part 1
  9. A Beyonce-infused Midsummer Night's Dream
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    A Beyonce-infused Midsummer Night's Dream
  10. Living Shakespeare: Dame Evelyn Glennie on The Tempest (UK)
    03:52
    Living Shakespeare: Dame Evelyn Glennie on The Tempest (UK)
  11. Early appearances: Michelle Dotrice in Henry IV Part One (BBC, 1979)
    03:31
    Early appearances: Michelle Dotrice in Henry IV Part One (BBC, 1979)
  12. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Much Ado About Nothing
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    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Much Ado About Nothing
  13. John Albiner and Trevor Baxter
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    John Albiner and Trevor Baxter
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  • Dream On! - University of Glasgow
  • Garrick's Shakespeare Ode & A Shakespeare Masque - Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Go, Make You Ready
  • Hamlet Returns - Shakespeare's Globe
  • King Lear
  • New Shakespeare Songbook
  • Richard II
  • Richard III - Ian McKellen at the BFI
  • Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere
  • Shakespeare Round the World
  • Shakespeare Sex-List Song by Michael Nyman
  • Silent Shakespeare - from Shakespeare Day Live
  • Sound of Cinema - King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon
  • The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
  • The BFI presents the magic behind Derek Jarman's The Tempest
  • The BFI presents Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
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  • The Late Plays - Shakespeare's Globe
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