Richard III (1956) directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
January 21, 2010 by John Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Richard III, Richard III film reviews
© 2005 John Murphy
Many excellent actors have tackled that “foul lump of deformity,” the hunchbacked Duke of Gloucester, a.k.a. Richard III. Among them such acting greats as Ian Mckellen and Al Pacino. Say “Richard the Third,” though, and I immediately think of a human spider with hooded eyes, a pageboy haircut, sharp nose, and halting [...]
Hamlet (1964) starring Richard Burton, directed by John Gielgud and Bill Collerhan
January 20, 2010 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Claire Bloom, Hamlet, Hamlet film reviews, John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Tragedies
© Debra Murphy, 2000
In 1964, theatre history was made and legends augmented, if not born, when John Gielgud directed Richard Burton in a production of Hamlet on Broadway. The production might have remained nothing but a legend to most of us, who did not have the pleasure of seeing it first-hand, had it not been [...]
Hamlet (BBC, 1980), starring Derek Jacobi, directed by Jonathan Miller
March 4, 2009 by Debra Murphy
Filed under BBC Shakespeare series (ca. 1980), Bardfilm, Claire Bloom, Derek Jacobi, Eric Porter, Hamlet, Hamlet film reviews, Jonathan Miller, Patrick Stewart, Tragedies
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