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The Poet's Eye

January 2 1964 (about 61 years ago)
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  • Director: Gordon Hales
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Runtime: 20 m
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Company: COI

A tribute to William Shakespeare devised by Geoffrey Buckland-Smith and made in connection with the quatro-centenary celebrations. Spoken extracts from Shakespeare's works (read by Stephen Murray) blend with visuals of scenes in Britain today which illustrate his references to countryside or childhood, and the sea or to the taverns and trades of London. Includes sequence of Olivier as Henry V and is accompanied by period music on the lute by Desmond Dupré.

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