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Antony and Cleopatra

• 1972 RSC (ATV recording) Trevor Nunn; Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman 2 hrs 55
• # 1981 BBC video (Jonathan Miller; Colin Blakely, Jane Lapotaire) 2 hrs 55
• 1983 RSC (Pit) Adrian Noble; Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren 3 hrs
• 1983 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) Lawrence Carra; Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave 3 hrs 2
• 1992 RSC (RST) John Caird; Richard Johnson, Clare Higgins 3 hrs
• 1993 RSC (Barbican) John Caird; Richard Johnson, Clare Higgins 3 hrs 37
• 1999 RSC (RST) Steven Pimlott; Alan Bates, Frances de la Tour 3 hrs 15
• 2002 RSC (RST) Michael Attenborough, Stuart Wilson, Sinead Cusack 2hrs 39

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As You Like It

• 1961 RSC (BBC broadcast 1963) Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre; Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Allen 2 hrs 20 b/w
• # 1978 BBC video (Basil Coleman; Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner) 2 hrs 27
• Stratford, Ontario (1982?) John Hirsch; Roberta Maxwell, Andrew Gillies 2 hrs 38
• 1985 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Juliet Stevenson, Hilton McRae 2 hrs 57
• 1989 RSC (RST) John Caird; Sophie Thompson, Jerome Flynn 3 hrs +
• 1992 RSC (RST) David Thacker; Samantha Bond, Peter De Jersey 2 hrs 40
• 1992 film adaptation (Christine Edzard; Emma Croft) 1 hr 52
• The Animated Tales 1994 (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1996 RSC (RST) Steven Pimlott; Niamh Cusack, Liam Cunningham 2 hrs 52
• 2000 RSC (RST) Greg Doran, Anthony Howells, Alexandra Gilbreath 2hrs 44
• 2003 RSC (Swan) Gregory Thompson, Nina Sosanya, Martin Hutson 2hrs 44

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The Comedy of Errors

• # BBC video (James Cellan Jones; Michael Kitchen, Roger Daltrey) 1 hr 47
• 1962 RSC (BBC broadcast 1964) Peter Duguid; Ian Richardson, Alec McCowen 1 hr 30 b/w
• 1976 RSC (ATV recording) Trevor Nunn; Roger Rees, Mike Gwilym 2 hrs 20
• 1983 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Paul Greenwood, Peter McEnery 2 hrs 20
• 1991 RSC (Barbican) Ian Judge; Desmond Barrit 2 hrs 15
• 1996 RSC (The Other Place) Tim Supple; Robert Bowman, Simon Coates 2 hrs 10
• 2000 RSC (RST) Lynne Parker; David Tennant, Anthony Howell 2 hrs 7

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Coriolanus

• # 1984 BBC video (Elijah Moshinsky; Alan Howard) 2 hrs 27
• 1989 RSC (RST) John Barton; Charles Dance 3 hrs
• 1994 RSC (Swan) David Thacker; Toby Stephens 3 hrs
• 1995 RSC (Barbican) David Thacker; Toby Stephens 3 hrs 20
• 1995 RSC Great Performances Vol.1
• 2002 RSC (Swan) David Farr, Greg Hicks

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Cymbeline

• # 1983 BBC video (Elijah Moshinsky; Helen Mirren) 2 hrs 55
• 1988 RSC (The Pit) Bill Alexander; Harriet Walter 3 hrs 30
• 1989 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Naomi Wirthner 3 hrs 20
• 1997 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Joanne Pearce 2 hrs 45
• 2003 RSC (Swan) Dominic Cooke, Emma Fielding, Daniel Evans

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Edward IV

• 1965 RSC (Wars of the Roses Pt.2) Peter Hall; David Warner 3 hrs b/w
• 1988 RSC (Plantagenets Pt.2) (RST) Adrian Noble; Ralph Fiennes 2 hrs 41

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Hamlet

• # 1980 BBC video (Rodney Bennett; Derek Jacobi) 3 hrs 35
• 1948 film (Directed by & starring Laurence Olivier) 2 hrs 35
• 1964 film (John Gielgud's production filmed at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, USA. Richard Burton as Hamlet) Tape 1: 1 hr 30; Tape 2: 1 hr 40 b/w (booklet included)
• 1964 Russian film with English subtitles (Grigori Kozintsev; Innokenti Smoktunovsky) 2 hrs 30 b/w
• 1970 film (Based on 1970 Roundhouse prodn.) Tony Richardson; Nicol Williamson 1 hr 52
• 1976 film (Celestino Coronado; Hamlet played by identical twins David & Anthony Meyer. Also starring Helen Mirren & Quentin Crisp) 1 hr 5
• 1978 Cambridge Experimental Theatre 1 hr 36
• 1984 RSC (RST) Ron Daniels; Roger Rees 3 hrs 35
• 1989 RSC (RST) Ron Daniels; Mark Rylance 3 hrs +
• 1990 film (Franco Zeffirelli; Mel Gibson) 2 hrs 9
• The Animated Tales 1992 (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1992 RSC (Barbican) Adrian Noble; Kenneth Branagh 3 hrs 50
• 1993 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Kenneth Branagh 3 hrs 50
• 1996 film (Kenneth Branagh) 3 hrs 52
• 1997 RSC (RST) Matthew Warchus; Alex Jennings, Susannah York 2 hrs 50
• 1997 RSC (RST) Matthew Warchus; Alex Jennings, Diana Quick 2 hrs 46
• 2000 film (Cromwell Productions Limited) Mike Mundell; William Houston 1 hr 55
• 2001 RSC (RST) Steven Pimlott, Samuel West 3 hrs 18
• 2004 RSC (RST) Michael Boyd, Toby Stephens, Sian Thomas 4hrs 28

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Henry IV, Part 1

• # 1979 BBC video (David Giles; Anthony Quayle) 2 hrs 36
• 1982 RSC (Barbican) Trevor Nunn; Joss Ackland (N.B. Hugh Quarshie as Hotspur) 3 hrs +
• 1991 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Robert Stephens 3 hrs
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 2) 3 hrs
• 1992 RSC (Barbican) Adrian Noble; Robert Stephens 3 hrs 15
• 2000 RSC (Swan) Michael Attenborough; Desmond Barrit 2 hrs 40

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Henry IV, Part 2

• # 1979 BBC video (David Giles; Anthony Quayle) 2 hrs 30
• 1982 RSC (Barbican) Trevor Nunn; Joss Ackland 3 hrs +
• 1991 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Robert Stephens 3 hrs 15
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 3) 2 hrs 45
• 1992 RSC (Barbican) Adrian Noble; Robert Stephens 3 hrs 25
• 2000 RSC (Swan) Michael Attenborough; Desmond Barrit 2 hrs 45

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Henry V

• 1944 film (Directed by & starring Laurence Olivier) 2 hrs 17
• # 1979 BBC video (David Giles; David Gwillim) 2 hrs 45
• 1984 RSC (N.B. long lead in) Adrian Noble; Kenneth Branagh 3 hrs 30
• 1989 film (Directed by & starring Kenneth Branagh) 2 hrs 12
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 4) 3 hrs
• 1994 RSC (RST) Matthew Warchus; Iain Glen 3 hrs 30
• 1995 RSC (Barbican) Matthew Warchus; Iain Glen 3 hrs 25
• 1997 RSC (RST) Ron Daniels; Michael Sheen 3 hrs
• 2000 RSC (RST) Edward Hall; William Houston

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Henry VI, Part 1

• 1965 RSC (Wars of the Roses Pt.1) Peter Hall; David Warner 3 hrs b/w
• # 1983 BBC video (Jane Howell; Peter Benson) 3 hrs 14
• 1988 RSC (Plantagenets Pt.1) (RST) Adrian Noble; Ralph Fiennes 3 hrs
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 5: House of Lancaster) 3 hrs
• 2000 RSC (Swan) (Camera 1) Michael Boyd; David Oyelowo 2 hrs 46
• 2000 RSC (Swan) (Camera 2) Michael Boyd; David Oyelowo 2 hrs 46

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Henry VI, Part 2

• # 1983 BBC video (Jane Howell; Peter Benson) 3 hrs 42
• 2000 RSC (Swan) (Camera 1) Michael Boyd; David Oyelowo 3 hrs 04
• 2000 RSC (Swan) (Camera 2) Michael Boyd; David Oyelowo 3 hrs 04

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Henry VI, Part 3

• 1965 RSC (Wars of the Roses Pt.2) 3 hrs b/w
• # 1983 BBC video (Jane Howell; Peter Benson) 3 hrs 30
• 1988 RSC (Plantagenets Pt.2) (RST) Adrian Noble; Ralph Fiennes 2 hrs 41
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 6: House of York) 2 hrs 45
• 1994 RSC (The Other Place) Katie Mitchell; Jonathan Firth 2 hrs 51
• 2000 RSC (Swan) Michael Boyd; David Oyelowo 2 hrs 49 (Camera 1)
• 2000 RSC (Swan) Michael Boyd; David Oyelowo 2 hrs 49 (Camera 2)

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Henry VIII

• # 1979 BBC video (Kevin Billington; John Stride) 2 hrs 40
• 1983 RSC (RST) Howard Davies; Richard Griffiths 3 hrs 16
• 1996 RSC (Swan) Gregory Doran; Paul Jesson 2 hrs 55

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Julius Caesar

• 1953 film (Joseph L. Mankiewicz; B: James Mason, A: Marlon Brando) 1 hr 56 b/w
• 1970 film (Stuart Burge; B: Jason Robards, A: Charlton Heston) 1 hr 51
• # 1979 BBC video (Herbert Wise; B: Richard Pasco) 2 hrs 41
• 1983 RSC (RST) Ron Daniels; B: Peter McEnery 2 hrs 45
• 1987 RSC (RST) Terry Hands; B: Roger Allam 2 hrs 15
• 1988 RSC (Barbican) Terry Hands; B: Roger Allam 3 hrs
• 1991 RSC (RST) Steven Pimlott; B: Jonathan Hyde 2 hrs 30
• 1993 RSC (The Other Place) David Thacker; B: Jeffrey Kissoon 3 hrs
• 1994 The Animated Tales (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1995 RSC (RST) Peter Hall; B: John Nettles 2 hrs 25
• 2001 RSC (RST) Edward Hall, Greg Hicks (Brutus), Tim Piggott-Smith 2hrs 20
• 2004 RSC (Swan) David Farr, Zubin Varla (Brutus), Adrian Schiller 2hrs 20

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King John

• 1899 film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• # c1985 BBC video (David Giles; Leonard Rossiter) 3 hrs
• 1989 RSC (The Pit) Deborah Warner; Nicholas Woodeson 3 hrs
• 2001 RSC (Swan) Gregory Doran, Guy Henry 2 hrs 45

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King Lear

• 1910 Italian film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• 1970 film (Based on 1962 RSC production) Peter Brook; Paul Scofield 2 hrs 12
• 1971 Russian film with English subtitles (Grigori Kozintsev; Yuri Yarvet) 2 hrs 17 b/w
• # 1982 BBC video (Jonathan Miller; Michael Hordern) 3 hrs 15
• 1982 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) Alan Cooke; Mike Kellin 3 hrs 5
• 1982 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Michael Gambon 3 hrs 13
• 1984 video (Michael Eliott; Laurence Olivier) 2 hrs 38
• 1988 Thames Television (Producer:Tony Davenall; Patrick Magee) 2 hrs
• 1990 RSC (RST) Nicholas Hytner; John Wood 3 hrs
• 1993 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Robert Stephens 3 hrs 30
• 1993 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Robert Stephens (High quality Theatre Museum recording) 3 hrs 30
• 1999 RSC/Thelma Holt Ltd. [etc.] (RST) Yukio Ninagawa; Nigel Hawthorne 3 hrs 5
• Cromwell Films (1999) Directed by & starring Brian Blessed (3hrs 10)
• 2002 RSC (Swan) Declan Donnellan, RSC Academy 2hrs 54
• 2004 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander, Corin Redgrave, Matthew Rhys 3hrs 32

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Love's Labour's Lost

• 1984 RSC (RST) Barry Kyle; Roger Rees, Josette Simon 3 hrs
• # 1985 BBC video (Elijah Moshinsky; Mike Gwilym, Jenny Agutter) 2 hrs 5
• 1990 RSC (RST) Terry Hands; Ralph Fiennes, Amanda Root 2 hrs 50
• 1993 RSC (RST) Ian Judge; Jeremy Northam, Abigail McKern 3 hrs

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Macbeth

• 1948 film (Directed by & starring Orson Welles) 1 hr 47 b/w
• 1971 film (Roman Polanski; Jon Finch, Francesca Annis) 2 hrs 15
• 1976 RSC (Thames TV recording 1978) Trevor Nunn; Judi Dench, Ian McKellen 2 hrs 25
• 1981 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) Arthur Allen Seidelman; Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie 2 hrs 14
• # 1983 BBC video (Jack Gold; Nicol Williamson) 2 hrs 24
• 1986 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Jonathan Pryce, Sinead Cusack 2 hrs 25
• Thames TV video, [1988?] (Charles Warren; Michael Jayston & Barbara Leigh Hunt) 2 hrs
• 1988 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Miles Anderson, Amanda Root 2 hrs 21
• The Animated Tales 1992 (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1993 RSC (Barbican) Adrian Noble; Derek Jacobi, Cheryl Campbell 2 hrs 45
• 1994 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Derek Jacobi, Cheryl Campbell 2 hrs 20
• 1996 RSC (RST) Tim Albery; Roger Allam, Brid Brennan 2 hrs 27
• Cromwell Films (1996) Jeremy Freeston; Jason Connery, Helen Baxendale (incl. documentary) 2 hrs 30
• 1999 RSC (Swan) Gregory Doran; Antony Sher, Harriet Walter 2 hrs 10
• 2001 (Based on the 1999 RSC stage production). RSC in association with Channel 4 Television (Filmed at the Roundhouse, London). Gregory Doran; Antony Sher, Harriet Walter 2 hrs 8
• 2004 RSC (RST) Dominic Cooke, Greg Hicks, Sian Thomas 2hrs 08

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Measure for Measure

• # 1979 BBC video (Desmond Davis; Kenneth Colley, Kate Nelligan) 2 hrs 28
• 1983 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Daniel Massey, Juliet Stevenson 2 hrs 58
• 1987 RSC (RST) Nicholas Hytner; Roger Allam, Josette Simon 2 hrs 50
• 1988 RSC (Barbican) Nicholas Hytner; Roger Allam, Josette Simon 2 hrs 43
• 1994 RSC (RST) Steven Pimlott; Michael Feast, Stella Gonet 2 hrs 45
• 1998 RSC (RST) Michael Boyd; Robert Glenister, Clare Holman 2 hrs 36
• 2003 RSC (RST) Sean Holmes, Paul Higgins, Emma Fielding 2hrs 33

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The Merchant of Venice

• 1910 Italian film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• 1974 recorded for television (originally a National Theatre prodn.) Jonathan Miller; Laurence Olivier 2 hrs 7
• # 1980 BBC video (Jack Gold; Warren Mitchell) 2 hrs 40
• 1984 RSC (RST) John Caird; Ian McDiarmid 2 hrs 55
• 1987 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Antony Sher 3 hrs
• 1993 RSC (RST) David Thacker; David Calder 2 hrs 45
• 1997 RSC (RST) Gregory Doran; Philip Voss 2 hrs 45
• 2001 RSC (Swan) Loveday Ingram, Ian Bartholomew 2hrs 30

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

• # 1982 BBC video (David Jones; Richard Griffiths) 2 hrs 57
• 198_? Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) Jack Manning; Leon Charles 2 hrs 22
• 1985 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Peter Jeffrey 2 hrs 54
• 1992 RSC (RST) David Thacker; Benjamin Whitrow 2 hrs 40
• 1996 RSC (RST) Ian Judge; Leslie Phillips 2 hrs 35
• 2002 RSC (Swan) Kavanaugh, Rachel, Richard Cordery, Alison Fiske

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

• 1909 USA film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• 1959 SMT (Abridged version with introductions from Charles Laughton (10 mins.) and Peter Hall (1 min.) Peter Hall; Robert Hardy, Mary Ure 1 hr 25
• 1969 film (Peter Hall; Ian Richardson, Judi Dench) [Poor sound quality during last 10 mins.] 2 hrs
• 1970 See: Documentaries/Off-air recordings: The South Bank Show on Peter Brook, which includes clips from the production (1hr 20)
• # 1981 BBC video (Elijah Moshinsky; Peter McEnery, Helen Mirren) 2 hrs
• 1984 film (The Lindsay Kemp Company) Celestino Coronado 1hr 25
• 1986 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Gerard Murphy, Janet McTeer 2 hrs 37
• 1987 RSC (Barbican) Bill Alexander; Gerard Murphy, Frances Tomelty 3 hrs
• 1989 RSC (RST) John Caird; John Carlisle, Clare Higgins 3 hrs
• The Animated Tales 1992 (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1994 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Alex Jennings, Stella Gonet 2 hrs 35
• 1995 film (adaptation based on 1994 RSC production) (Adrian Noble; Alex Jennings, Lindsay Duncan) 1 hr 40
• 1995 RSC (Barbican) Adrian Noble; Alex Jennings, Stella Gonet (High quality Theatre Museum recording) 2 hrs 35
• 1999 RSC (RST) Michael Boyd; Nicholas Jones, Josette Simon 2 hrs 40
• 2002 RSC (RST) Richard Jones, Tim McMullan, Yolanda Vasquez 2hrs 15

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Much Ado About Nothing

• 1982 RSC (RST) Terry Hands; Derek Jacobi, Sinead Cusack 2 hrs 32
• # 1984 BBC video (Stuart Burge; Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi) 2 hrs 26
• 1988 RSC (RST) Di Trevis; Clive Merrison, Maggie Steed 2 hrs 42
• 1990 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Roger Allam, Susan Fleetwood 3 hrs
• 1993 film (Kenneth Branagh; Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson) 1 hr 45
• 1996 RSC (RST) (pre-changes) Michael Boyd; Alex Jennings, Siobhan Redmond 2 hrs 45
• 1996 RSC (RST) (post-changes) Michael Boyd; Alex Jennings, Siobhan Redmond 2 hrs 40
• 2002 RSC (RST) Greg Doran, Nicholas Le Prevost, Harriet Walter 2hrs 38

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Othello

• 1952 film (Directed by & starring Orson Welles) 1 hr 29 b/w
• 1955 Russian film with English subtitles (Sergei Yutkevich; Sergei Bondarchuk) 1 hr 43
• 1964 film (Stuart Burge; Laurence Olivier) 2 hrs 50
• 1981 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) Franklin Melton; William Marshall, Ron Moody 3 hrs 3
• 1985 RSC (RST) Terry Hands; Ben Kingsley, David Suchet 3 hrs 7
• # 1981 BBC video (Jonathan Miller; Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins) 3 hrs 25
• 1988 video (Janet Suzman; John Kani, Richard Haddon Haines) including introduction by Janet Suzman 3 hrs 40
• 1989 RSC (BBC video) Trevor Nunn; Willard White, Ian McKellen 3 hrs
• 1994 The Animated Tales (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1995 film (Oliver Parker; Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh) 2 hrs
• 1999 RSC (RST) Michael Attenborough; Ray Fearon, Richard McCabe 3 hrs 4
• 1999 RSC (RST) Michael Attenborough; Ray Fearon, Richard McCabe (High quality Theatre Museum recording) 3 hrs
• 2004 RSC (Swan) Greg Doran, Sello Maake ka-Ncube, Antony Sher 2hrs 56

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Pericles

• # 1984 BBC video (David Jones; Mike Gwilym) 2 hrs 55
• 1989 RSC (Swan) David Thacker; Nigel Terry 3 hrs (Faulty Recording)
• 2002 RSC (Roundhouse) Adrian Noble, Ray Fearon
• 2002 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble, Ray Fearon 2hrs 23

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The Plantagenets

• 1988 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble 3 @ 3hrs

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Richard II

• # 1978 BBC video (David Giles; Derek Jacobi) 2 hrs 40
• 1986 RSC (RST) Barry Kyle; Jeremy Irons 2 hrs 45
• 1990 RSC (RST) Ron Daniels; Alex Jennings 3 hrs 15
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 1) Michael Bogdanov; Michael Pennington 2 hrs 40
• 2000 RSC (The Other Place) Steven Pimlott; Samuel West 3 hrs

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Richard III

• 1911 Benson Company film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• 1955 film (Directed by & starring Laurence Olivier) 2 hrs 30
• 1965 RSC (Part 3 Wars of the Roses) Peter Hall; Ian Holm 3 hrs b/w
• # 1983 BBC video (Jane Howell; Ron Cook) 3 hrs 53
• 1984 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Antony Sher 3 hrs 14
• 1988 RSC (Part 3 The Plantagenets) (RST) Adrian Noble; Anton Lesser 3 hrs
• 1991 ESC (Wars of the Roses 7) Michael Bogdanov; Andrew Jarvis 3 hrs 30
• 1993 RSC (Swan) Sam Mendes; Simon Russell Beale 3 hrs
• 1995 RSC (RST) Steven Pimlott; David Troughton 3 hrs 10
• The Animated Tales (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1996 film (Richard Loncraine; Ian McKellen) 1 hr 40
• 1998 RSC (RST) Elijah Moshinsky; Robert Lindsay 2 hrs 25
• 2001 RSC (Swan) Michael Boyd; Aidan McArdle 3 hrs 10
• 2003 RSC (RST) Sean Holmes, Henry Goodman 3hrs 02

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Romeo and Juliet

• 1968 film (Franco Zeffirelli; Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey) 2 hrs 18
• # 1978 BBC video (Alvin Rakoff; Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire) 2 hrs 55
• 1982 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) William Woodman; Alex Hyde-White, Blanche Baker 2 hrs 52
• 1986 RSC (RST) Michael Bogdanov; Sean Bean, Niamh Cusack 3 hrs 5
• 1988 Thames Television (Joan Kemp-Welch; Christopher Neame, Ann Hasson) 3 hrs
• 1989 RSC (Swan) Terry Hands; Mark Rylance, Georgia Slowe 3 hrs
• 1990 RSC (The Pit) Terry Hands; Mark Rylance, Georgia Slowe 3 hrs
• 1991 RSC (RST) David Leveaux; Michael Maloney, Clare Holman 3 hrs
• 1995 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Zubin Varla, Lucy Whybrow 2 hrs 33
• The Animated Tales 1992 (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1997 film (Baz Luhrmann; Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes) 1 hr 55
• 2000 RSC (RST) Michael Boyd; David Tennant, Alexandra Gilbreath 3 hrs 1
• 2004 RSC (RST) Peter Gill, Matthew Rhys, Sian Brooke 2hrs 50

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[Silent Shakespeare]

• Collection of early silent film adaptations of Shakespeare's works (with new score by Laura Rossi). The Tempest 1908; King Lear 1910; A Midsummer Night's Dream 1909; Twelfth Night 1910; The Merchant of Venice 1910; Richard III 1911; King John 1899. 1 hr 28 (B/w & tinted)

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The Taming of the Shrew

• 1967 (Franco Zeffirelli; Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor) 2 hrs
• # 1980 BBC video (Jonathan Miller; John Cleese, Sarah Badel) 2 hrs 8
• 1982 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) John Allison; Franklyn Seales, Karen Austin 1 hr 58
• 1982 RSC (RST) Barry Kyle; Alun Armstrong, Sinead Cusack 3 hrs 8
• 1987 RSC (RST) Jonathan Miller; Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw 2 hrs 40
• 1992 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Anton Lesser, Amanda Harris 2 hrs 50
• 1995 RSC (RST) Gale Edwards; Michael Siberry, Josie Lawrence 2 hrs 32
• The Animated Tales (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1999 RSC (Swan) Lindsay Posner; Stuart McQuarrie, Monica Dolan 2 hrs 52
• 2003 RSC (RST) Gregory Doran, Jasper Britton, Alexandra Gilbreath

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The Tempest

• 1908 film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• 1960 (filmed for T.V.) George Schaefer; Maurice Evans (Richard Burton as Caliban) 1 hr 20
• # 1980 BBC video (John Gorrie; Michael Hordern) 2 hrs 5
• 1980 film (Derek Jarman; Heathcote Williams) 1 hr 36
• 1982 RSC (RST) Ron Daniels; Derek Jacobi 3 hrs 7
• 1983 Revelation Films introduced by Jenny Agutter (Shakespeare Society of America?) William Woodman; Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 2 hrs 10
• 1988 RSC (RST) Nicholas Hytner; John Wood 2 hrs 24
• The Animated Tales 1992 (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1993 RSC (RST) Sam Mendes; Alec McCowen 2 hrs 30
• 1995 RSC (Swan) [played as a double-bill with "Bingo"] David Thacker; Paul Jesson 2 hrs 30
• 1998 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; David Calder 2hrs 37
• 2000 RSC (The Other Place) James MacDonald; Philip Voss 2 hrs 53 (Interference in Act1 Sc.ii)
• 2002 RSC (Roundhouse) Michael Boyd, Malcolm Storry
• 2002 RSC (RST) Michael Boyd, Malcolm Storry 2hrs 24

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Timon of Athens

• # 1981 BBC video (Jonathan Miller; Jonathan Pryce) 2 hrs 10
• 1999 RSC (RST) Gregory Doran; Michael Pennington 2 hrs 20

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Titus Andronicus

• # 1980 BBC video (Jane Howell; Trevor Peacock) 2 hrs 40
• 1987 RSC (Swan) Deborah Warner; Brian Cox 3 hrs 20
• 1988 RSC (The Pit) Deborah Warner; Brian Cox 3 hrs 30
• 1995 Johannesburg (Greg Doran; Antony Sher) 2 hrs 30
• 2003 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander, David Bradley 2hrs 54

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Troilus and Cressida

• # BBC video (Jonathan Miller; Anton Lesser, Suzanne Burden) 3 hrs 12
• 1985 RSC (RST) Howard Davies; Anton Lesser, Juliet Stevenson 3 hrs 40
• 1990 RSC (Swan) Sam Mendes; Ralph Fiennes, Amanda Root 3 hrs +
• 1991 RSC (The Pit) Sam Mendes; Ralph Fiennes, Amanda Root 3 hrs 6
• 1996 RSC (RST) Ian Judge; Joseph Fiennes, Victoria Hamilton 3 hrs
• 1998 RSC (Swan) Michael Boyd; William Houston, Jayne Ashbourne 3 hrs 13

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Twelfth Night

• 1910 USA film (part of Silent Shakespeare compilation video) 1hr 28 b/w & tinted
• 1970 film (John Dexter; Joan Plowright, Alec Guiness) 1 hr 43
• # 1978 BBC video (Jfi Gfi; Felicity Kendal, Alec McCowen) 3 hrs 12
• 1983 RSC (RST) John Caird; Zoe Wanamaker, Emrys James 3 hrs
• 1987 RSC (RST) Bill Alexander; Harriet Walter, Antony Sher 2 hrs 50
• 1988 Renaissance Theatre Company (Kenneth Branagh; Frances Barber, Richard Briers) 2 hrs 55
• 1991 RSC (RST) Griff Rhys Jones; Sylvestra Le Touzel, Freddie Jones 2 hrs 45
• 1992 The Animated Tales (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1994 RSC (RST) Ian Judge; Emma Fielding, Desmond Barrit 2 hrs 50
• 1995 RSC (Barbican) Ian Judge; Emma Fielding, Desmond Barrit (High qualityTheatre Museum recording) 2 hrs 50
• 1996 RSC (RST & Tour) Ian Judge; Emily Joyce, Edward Petherbridge 2 hrs 40
• 1996 film (Trevor Nunn; Imogen Stubbs, Nigel Hawthorne) 2 hrs 8
• 1997 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; Helen Schlesinger, Philip Voss 2 hrs 40
• 2001 RSC (RST) Lindsay Posner,Zoe Waites, Guy Henry 2 hrs 41

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

• # 1983 BBC video (Don Taylor; Tyler Butterworth, Tessa Peake-Jones) 2 hrs 27
• 1992 RSC (Barbican) David Thacker; Barry Lynch, Clare Holman 2 hrs 45
• 1998 RSC (Swan) Edward Hall; Dominic Rowan, Lesley Vickerage 2 hrs 35
• 2004 RSC (Swan) Fiona Buffini, Laurence Mitchell, Rachel Pickup

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The Wars of the Roses

• RSC 1965 (filmed by BBC) 3 @ 3 hrs
• 1991 English Shakespeare Company (7 tapes)

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The Winter's Tale

• # 1981 BBC video (Jane Howell; Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall) 2 hrs 52
• 1982 RSC (Barbican) Ronald Eyre; Patrick Stewart, Gemma Jones 2 hrs 53
• 1986 RSC (RST) Terry Hands; Jeremy Irons, Penny Downie 2 hrs 50
• 1992 RSC (RST) Adrian Noble; John Nettles, Kate Buffery 2 hrs 50
• The Animated Tales (abridged by Leon Garfield) 30 mins.
• 1999 RSC (RST) Gregory Doran; Antony Sher, Alexandra Gilbreath (poor picture quality) 2 hrs 55
• 2002 RSC (Roundhouse) Matthew Warchus, Douglas Hodge, Anatasia Hille 3hrs 22
• 2002 RSC (RST) Matthew Warchus, Michael Cumpsty, Anastasia Hille 3hrs

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