Judi Dench ... Lady Macbeth Denyse Alexander ... Gentlewoman John Woodnutt ... Doctor from the 1979 TV version of the Trevor Nunn production by the Royal Shakespeare Company from "Shakespeare's Work" (1847) by Gulian Crommelin Verplanck: It was, I believe, Madame de Sta�l, who said, somewhat extravagantly, that the smell is the most poetical of the senses. It is true that the more agreeable associations of this sense are fertile in pleasing suggestions of placid, rural beauty, and gentle pleasures.

The Genius travels to England and visits Shakespeare's grave...wackiness follows!

Falstaff (Sir Anthony Quayle) makes the famous quote, then later chooses cannon fodder for the battle and muses about old men and their lies. William Shakespeare's "The second Part of King Henry the Fourth" Act 3, scene 2, excerpts (Arden edition) Robert Eddison ... Justice Robert Shallow Leslie French ... Justice Silence Julian Battersby ... Ralph Moldy Roy Herrick ... Simon Shadow Alan Collins ... Thomas Wart John Tordoff ... Francis Feeble Roger Elliott ... Peter Bullcalf Even that moralist,

Sonnet no 18: By William Shakespeare ('Summer's day') Read by: Bertram Selwyn (Bernard Shakespeare) "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possessio

With all the actors dead (this includes Tatsuya Fujiwara, Toshiaki Karasawa, Ryoko Shinohara and Mari Natsuki), the entire cast joins forces as ghosts for the closing song of "Tenp� 12 Nen no Shakespeare"... absolutely charming choreography^^

Falstaff (Anthony Quayle) takes a prisoner on the battlefield, has exchange with Lancaster, then praises wine and ample potations....Act 4, scene 3 in it's entirety (Arden edition) Anthony Quayle ... Sir John Falstaff Gordon Gostelow ... Bardolph David Buck ... Earl of Westmoreland Rob Edwards ... Prince John of Lancaster Directed by David Giles William Shakespeare's "The second Part of King Henry the Fourth"...........a bit more dark and cynical than part 1. Maurice Morgann on Falstaff: "To me [...]

Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (1978 TV), Act 3, scene 4 and 5, in their entirety. go here to the playlist that has all seven excerpts from this play I've uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=265D85270609E25C Helen Mirren ... Rosalind Angharad Rees ... Celia David Lloyd Meredith ... Corin Maynard Williams ... Silvius Victoria Plucknett ... Phebe Director: Basil Coleman As You Like It (1978) (BBC TV)

go here to view part 2 of this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLwTw3EzsUg William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Richard the Third", Act 1, scene 2 (Anne's entrance), lines 1-113 She mourns over her father in law's body as the killer tries to woo her! Olivier has Richard do it over her husband's body in his version go here to a single playlist of all the Shakespeare for SATS 2008: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CD0A18B0C22EF0A4 This extract actually begins at the end of the preceeding sc

The catchy intro to the Japanese Shakespeare musical: "What if Shakespeare hadn't lived?"... just can't get the melody out of my head!^^