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World Service's Perspective with David Warner (1966)
The actor discusses being the youngest professional Hamlet at 23 years old
  1. World Service's Perspective with David Warner (1966)
    07:35
    World Service's Perspective with David Warner (1966)
  2. Julia Barton from Washington performs Sonnet 91
    00:59
    Julia Barton from Washington performs Sonnet 91
  3. New Shakespeare Songbook: Anahì Traverse interview
    02:19
    New Shakespeare Songbook: Anahì Traverse interview
  4. A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes
    09:09
    A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes
  5. King Lear: The movement direction
    05:01
    King Lear: The movement direction
  6. Radio 3's Role Play: Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh and Michael Pennington (1996)
    22:59
    Radio 3's Role Play: Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh and Michael Pennington (1996)
  7. Shakespeare Lives The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    02:43
    Shakespeare Lives The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  8. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Coriolanus
    02:20
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Coriolanus
  9. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry IV, Part II
    02:33
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry IV, Part II
  10. Shakespeare or Fletcher?
    02:01
    Shakespeare or Fletcher?
  11. Sitar playing for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
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    Sitar playing for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
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Act Videos

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live
  • Ballet, Opera and the Bard - Royal Opera House
  • Being Hamlet
  • Breakfast with The Bard - Shakespeare's New Place
  • Brunch with the Bard
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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