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Grex Arts Item 88: Friend is looking for two hard-to-find Shakespeare videos.
Entered by gull on Tue Aug 23 03:48:51 UTC 1994:

A friend of mine is looking for some some hard-to-find videos, and asked
me to ask on here.  She would like to find a copy of:

- Sir Lawrence Oliver's _Othello_.  This was shown on the Bravo channel
some months ago, but is not available on video.  Maybe someone taped it?

- Richard Burton's _Hamlet_.  Has it ever been released on video or shown
on T.V.?  Needed by an English teacher.

Thanks!

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by remmers on Tue Aug 23 11:58:21 1994:

Are you sure the first is not available on video.  Seems to me I've
noticed it in video rental stores.  Dunno about the _Hamlet_.

#2 of 6 by gull on Wed Aug 24 02:57:37 1994:

I don't know myself.  Apparently she couldn't find it.

#3 of 6 by wjj on Wed Aug 24 03:28:51 1994:

I know the Alma College library has Welles' _Othello_ on videotape...
It might be possible to get the video through Interlibrary Loan...otherwise,
if you can't find a more convenient copy of it, I'd be glad to check it out
and copy it, if your friend doesn't mind violating a few of those nasty copy-
right laws.  I'll check on the Burton _Hamlet_.

#4 of 6 by remmers on Wed Aug 24 15:47:01 1994:

I believe it's Lawrence Olivier's version of _Othello_ that's wanted,
not the Orson Welles version.

(Can't resist adding that I think Orson Welles' film version of _Othello_
is a stunning classic, one of the best adaptations of Shakespeare to
the screen.  Haven't seen the Olivier version.)

#5 of 6 by omni1 on Wed Aug 24 20:29:18 1994:

  According to Lenny Maltin, It's not on video, or disk. Good Luck finding
it.

#6 of 6 by jdg00 on Fri Sep 2 18:35:02 1994:

It should be on 16mm film, if schools still use that media...

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