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Radio 4's Preface to Shakespeare with Derek Jacobi (1980)
An examination of a role often regarded as the very pinnacle of a classic actor's career
  1. Radio 4's Preface to Shakespeare with Derek Jacobi (1980)
    20:51
    Radio 4's Preface to Shakespeare with Derek Jacobi (1980)
  2. Watch the trailer
    00:29
    Watch the trailer
  3. The storm
    02:15
    The storm
  4. Lear with Regan and Goneril
    02:25
    Lear with Regan and Goneril
  5. Lear divides his kingdom
    08:22
    Lear divides his kingdom
  6. Lear's madness
    01:47
    Lear's madness
  7. Cordelia returns
    03:56
    Cordelia returns
  8. Cordelia and Lear imprisoned
    01:54
    Cordelia and Lear imprisoned
  9. The Director's creative process
    03:16
    The Director's creative process
  10. How to stage a play
    03:17
    How to stage a play
  11. The movement direction
    05:01
    The movement direction
  12. Lighting
    04:54
    Lighting
  13. World Service's Perspective with David Warner (1966)
    07:35
    World Service's Perspective with David Warner (1966)
  14. Shambridge Goes Shakespeare: The Archers' Lynda Snell seeks her Perfect Bottom
    02:51
    Shambridge Goes Shakespeare: The Archers' Lynda Snell seeks her Perfect Bottom
  15. BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Death Scene
    05:40
    BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Death Scene
  16. Living Shakespeare: author Hong Ying on Sonnets (China)
    03:48
    Living Shakespeare: author Hong Ying on Sonnets (China)
  17. 'I got in' - Amateur actor's success
    00:28
    'I got in' - Amateur actor's success
  18. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Hamlet
    02:24
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Hamlet
  19. Early appearances: David Harewood - Macbeth on the Estate (1997)
    00:59
    Early appearances: David Harewood - Macbeth on the Estate (1997)
  20. Living Shakespeare: Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin on Ophelia (India)
    03:47
    Living Shakespeare: Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin on Ophelia (India)
  21. What would you ask Shakespeare? Billy Bragg
    00:05
    What would you ask Shakespeare? Billy Bragg
  22. Shakespeare meets The Archers - Lynda Snell (2012)
    00:45
    Shakespeare meets The Archers - Lynda Snell (2012)
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