Omnibus | Living Shakespeare – A Year with the RSC

This year has been the Royal Shakespeare Company's 30th season, and the first under its new artistic director, Adrian Noble. Omnibus documents the year at Stratford, with comments from Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Irons, Ian McKellen and the RSC's first artistic director, Sir Peter Hall. The programme follows company members David Bradley, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Barry Lynch and Scott Ransome through rehearsal and performance.

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  • Type: Factual
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 48'37''
  • Broadcast date: 1991
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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