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Macbeth Without Words
Drawing from the silent film era, watch a preview of this Edinburgh Fringe show.
  1. Macbeth Without Words
    06:16
    Macbeth Without Words
  2. A Beyonce-infused Midsummer Night's Dream
    00:42
    A Beyonce-infused Midsummer Night's Dream
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  3. The final dance from the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream
    02:00
    The final dance from the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream
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  4. Audience interaction from Puck and her banana
    01:22
    Audience interaction from Puck and her banana
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  5. The longest death scene in Shakespeare (in just over a minute!)
    01:18
    The longest death scene in Shakespeare (in just over a minute!)
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  6. Watch the trailer
    01:32
    Watch the trailer
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  7. Early appearances: Helen Mirren - As You Like It (BBC, 1978)
    02:34
    Early appearances: Helen Mirren - As You Like It (BBC, 1978)
  8. New Shakespeare Songbook: Norway
    04:11
    New Shakespeare Songbook: Norway
  9. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Pericles
    01:40
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Pericles
  10. John Albiner and Trevor Baxter
    00:15
    John Albiner and Trevor Baxter
  11. The Third Programme's Hamlet: The Actor's View with John Gieglud (1954)
    25:57
    The Third Programme's Hamlet: The Actor's View with John Gieglud (1954)
  12. New Shakespeare Songbook: France
    02:35
    New Shakespeare Songbook: France
  13. New Dreams at the Kelvin Gallery
    04:30
    New Dreams at the Kelvin Gallery
  14. Richard Pasco
    00:29
    Richard Pasco
  15. Early Appearances: Sean Connery
    02:04
    Early Appearances: Sean Connery
  16. Sonnet 12
    00:58
    Sonnet 12
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  • Dream On! - University of Glasgow
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  • Go, Make You Ready
  • Hamlet Returns - Shakespeare's Globe
  • Hay Festival
  • 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!
  • The Complete Walk - Shakespeare's Globe
  • The Late Plays - Shakespeare's Globe
  • The Works
  • Tomorrow
  • Cymraeg
  • Gàidhlig
  • Gaeilge

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