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| 1920-1925 |
| The director Robert Atkins presents
all of Shakespeare’s plays included in the First Folio, except
Cymbeline but with the addition of Pericles, at the Old Vic in London.
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| 1923 |
| At the Birmingham
Repertory Theatre, Barry Jackson presents a modern-dress
production of Cymbeline. |
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| 1925-1930 |
| Barry Jackson
presents modern-dress productions of Hamlet,
Macbeth, and The Taming of the Shrew in London. |
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| 1926 |
| Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, destroyed
by fire. |
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| 1930 |
| The black actor
and singer Paul Robeson appears as Othello at
the Savoy Theatre, London. Desdemona is played
by Peggy Ashcroft. |
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| 1932 |
| In Stratford-upon-Avon, the rebuilt
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens. |
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| 1934 |
| John Gielgud appears in the title-role
of Hamlet at the New Theatre (now the Albery
Theatre) in London. The production is a great success and runs for
155 performances. |
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| 1938 |
| Julius Caesar broadcast on television by the BBC.
This is probably the first full-scale Shakespeare production seen in
this new medium. |
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| 1944 |
Film of Henry V, directed by Laurence Olivier who
also plays the title-role. The film moves from the stage of a recreated
Globe to the outdoors and a large-scale re-enactment of the Battle
of Agincourt.
Laurence Olivier as Chorus, 'O for a Muse of fire',
 Listen Henry
V, Prologue, British Library
Sound Archive, 1931 |
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| 1948 |
Film of Hamlet, directed by Laurence
Olivier who also plays the title-role. Unlike Olivier’s Henry V, his Hamlet is filmed in black and white.
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet, Stanley Holloway as the Gravedigger,
'How long hast thou been grave-maker',
Listen Hamlet,
Act 5, Scene 1, British Library Sound
Archive, 1948
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