Cerebellum
The Renaissance - Music, Literature And Theatre
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video discusses...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: Lady Macbeth Wants To Kill The King
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Lady Macbeth recieves a letter from her husband telling her about what they said. She wants to kill the King so that she...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: The Culmination Of Macbeth's Actions
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Lady Macbeth guilty about the Kings murder commits suicide. Macbeth hears of the English army advancing on his castle....
National Theatre
Othello: Iago and Othello
Adrian Lester (Othello) and Rory Kinnear (Iago) talk about the characters, the relationship between them, their relative position in the social and military hierarchy of the play and the motivations for their actions.
Press Association
The Globe stays silent as arts venues £1.57 billion support package announced
Stock footage of Shakespeare's Globe theatre amidst the coronavirus pandemic as the Government announce a £1.57 billion support package to “protect” the future of Britain’s museums, galleries and theatres. The Government said: “Repayable...
Curated Video
SOUTH AFRICA: SHAKESPEARE & CANNABIS
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Scientists in South Africa announced on Thursday morning they have found traces of cannabis in 17th Century clay pipes discovered at the site of William Shakespeare's residence in Straford-upon-Avon in England.
Dr Francis...
Curated Video
ONLY ON AP Early set of Bard's folios for sale
William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : The Marais, the quays... the Paris of Jim Morrison
He occupies a small, tucked-away corner of a Paris cemetery, but many thousands still seek it out: half a century since his death, Jim Morrison remains a fabled presence in the City of Light (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : 'Britain's first Black pop star' Winifred Atwell commemorated in 'Black Plaque' campaign
An English Heritage blue plaque is put up in Brixton, south London, for Winifred Atwell, the first Black artist to have a number one in the UK singles chart (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Shakespeare as you've never heard it
VOICED: Shakespeare as you've never heard it
Curated Video
Early set of Bard's folios for sale
EARLY SET OF BARD'S FOLIOS FOR SALEWilliam Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions...
Curated Video
NY Rapper Commemorates Shakespeare
As the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare approaches, a Brooklyn based rapper will be part of the celebrations in the renowned author's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon in England.Devon Glover, known as 'The Sonnet Man'...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : SHORT PROFILE: actor and playwright John Kani
When John Kani started his acting career in the 1960s, the only stage he could find was an empty snake pit at a shuttered South African museum (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
Tom Hanks and Kenneth Branagh team up for 'Simply Shakespeare' event
AP Entertainment
Los Angeles, 9 May 2011
1. Wide exterior ULCA Royce Hall
2. Logo: The Shakespeare Center -- Los Angeles
3. Pan down actor Tom Hanks
4. Setup shot actor Tom Hanks
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hanks/Actor:
"We're here,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Prince Edward speaks at dedication of the Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon
MS Edward, Prince of Wales speaks from lectern, crowd in bkgd and to side 'It gives one pleasure to know that the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre is not alone a tribute to her great son, the American people share with us the great...
Sky News
Life During Coronavirus Lockdown - West Midlands Part 2
VOICED: Life in lockdown during coronavirus crisis. Sky News is airing a series of special reports on life in lockdown from across the UK every day this week. Today Mark Stone visits a foodbank in Coventry that is ramping up production...
Curated Video
First edition of Shakespeare's play sold at auction
1. Close up of binding on the first edition copy of the The First Folio of Comedies, Histories & Tragedies (The First Folio)
2. Book resting open
3. Rupert Powell, Managing Director of Bloomsbury Auctions, opening up bidding for the...
Curated Video
Sheriff names ''person of interest'' in missing $30M Fla. lottery winner; fears he''s dead.
HEADLINE: ''Person of interest'' named in Fla. lottery case
CAPTION: Fla. authorities have named a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a man who won $30M in the Fla. lottery and disappeared in 2009. (Jan. 6)
[Notes:ANCHOR...
Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: KENNETH BRANAGH
English/Nat
Title: Kenneth Branagh Gielgud Award
Date: 16th January 2000
Location: London
KENNETH BRANAGH has been honoured with the prestigious Gielgud Award, given in recognition of his services to Shakespeare .
The...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Tour of Stratford-upon-Avon in England in 1930s
Title card: 'The city of the immortal bard, Stratford on Avon' / statue of William Shakespeare atop stone base / quaint business district with vendors' carts / Clopton Bridge with horse cart / VS Shakespeare's birthplace / man attends to...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Pop up in Australia relives ye olde days of Shakespeare
Melbourne plays host to a pop up replica of London's centuries old Globe Theatre closely associated with William Shakespeare
Bridgeman Arts
Shakespeare Day/St. George's Day, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1938
Shakespeare Day/St. George's Day, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1938
Curated Video
ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT2- MY KINGDOM
English/Nat
My Kingdom, a modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, stars Richard Harris as a Liverpool crime baron forced to watch his empire crumble as his greedy children fight over the spoils.
APTN caught up with director Don...
Sky News
Premier Wen Jiabao on his Second Day to Britain
Premier Wen Jiabao on his Second Day to Britain