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In March 2020 the covid-19 epidemic
forced the closure of all British theatres. Some companies adapted
by putting archive recordings of past productions online, others
by streaming new shows. And we searched the vaults of YouTube and
other sites for older productions worth rediscovering online. Even
after the return of live performances we continued to supplement
our live reviews with coverage of productions you can watch at
home.
ACORN ANTIQUES - THE MUSICAL - Haymarket Theatre 2005 and YouTube. Stage musical of Victoria Wood soap opera spoof.
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS - NBC 1951 and 1978 and YouTube. Christmas opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - NBC and YouTube. 1957 broadcast of the Irving Berlin musical, with Mary Martin.
ARMS
AND THE MAN - YouTube.
1983 West End production of George Bernard Shaw comedy.
AS YOU LIKE IT - Shakespeare's
Globe and Marquee.tv. 2009 production at the replica of
Shakespeare's original theatre.
AWAKE AND SING! - PBS and
Marquee.tv. 1972 US television
production of Clifford Odets Depression-era family drama.
BARNES'
PEOPLE - Original Theatre Online.
Four monologues by Peter Barnes. March 2024
BECOMES A WOMAN - Mint Theater. 1932 Betty Smith drama of a young woman's rapid maturing. February 2024.
BEING MR WICKHAM - Original Theatre Online. Pride And Prejudice as seen by the bad guy. Spring 2022
BELLRINGERS - Original Theatre Online. Fighting the elements through faith. December 2024
BLEACHER
BUMS - Organic Theater and YouTube. 1979 play
about Chicago baseball fans.
THE CHERRY ORCHARD - BBC and
YouTube. 1982
BBC version of Chekhov.
A CHORUS LINE - Public
Theatre and YouTube. The
original 1975 production of the Broadway classic.
CINDERELLA - CBS and YouTube. 1957
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS - Royal Shakespeare Company and YouTube. 1976 musical version of Shakespeare.
CROOKED CROSS - Mint Theater Online. Ordinary German family in 1933. February 2026
DAPHNE
LAUREOLA - Granada Television and YouTube. 1978
production of 1949 James Bridie play.
DORIS
AND DOREEN - Thames Television and YouTube. 1978
Alan Bennett TV drama about office workers.
THE FALL - National Youth Theatre. The inability of the young to recognise the very old as fully human. January 2024
THE FALL - Original Theatre Online. Actress's emotional breakdown explored. Summer 2022
45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY -
Omnibus and YouTube.
1959 TV version of 1906 George M Cohan musical.
FROZEN - Disney and YouTube. One-hour version of
stage musical based on animated film.
GOOD - BBC iPlayer. Man lured into the Nazi party May 2024
GYPSY - BBC and YouTube. Imelda Stuanton in 2015 Sondheim-Styne revival.
HAMLET - BBC iPlayer. 2008 RSC production with David Tennant.
HAMLET
- Broadway 1964 and YouTube.
Richard Burton directed by John Gielgud.
HEARTBREAK HOUSE - BBC 1977 BBC production of Shaw social satire.
HELLO DOLLY! - Broadway 2017 and YouTube. 2017 revival with Bette Midler.
I, CINNA (THE POET) - Royal Shakespeare Company and YouTube. A minor character in Julius Caesar reacts to the story. January 2022
THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR - Original Theatre Online. Solo tribute to Oscar
Wilde. July 2024
THE INTERVIEW - Original Theatre Online. The story behind Princess Diana's 1995 tell-all TV appearance. January 2024
INTO
THE NIGHT - Original Theatre Online. Tale of
heroism in a sea disaster. November 2022
IS HE MUSICAL? - MP Theatricals. Musical of gay life in 1930s London. February 2022
JEKYLL AND HYDE - Reading Rep, Royal Lyceum and Original Theatre Online. One-man version of Stevenson horror story. April 2024.
JERRY SPRINGER - THE OPERA - BBC and YouTube. 2003 National Theatre production of obscene TV parody.
KING LEAR - BBC Play Of The Month and YouTube. 1975 TV production with Michael Hordern.
KISS
ME KATE - NBC, BBC and YouTube. Separate American (1958) and
British (1964) TV productions of Cole Porter musical.
LEGALLY BLONDE - YouTube. 2008 musical of airhead who blossoms in law school.
THE LOVE SONG OF BARNEY KEMPINSKI - ABC TV and YouTube. 1966 TV comedy about cheerful New Yorker.
MACBETH
- Almeida Theatre Online. 2021 production of
Shakespeare.
THE MAGIC SHOW - Broadway 1974 and YouTube Musical built around hippie magician Doug Henning.
MARRYING JAKE GYLLENHAAL - Melissa
Center.
Solo show about dating disasters driving woman to fantasy.
January 2022
THE MEDIUM and THE TELEPHONE - YouTube. Two operas by Gian Carlo Menotti.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - Lord Chamberlain's Men online. All-male outdoor production of Shakespeare. January 2022
MILES - Original Theatre Online. Life in a Scottish caravan park. Summer 2022
A
MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN - US Television and YouTube. 1975
production of Eugene O'Neill drama.
MUCH
ADO ABOUT NOTHING - New York Shakespeare Festival and
Marquee.tv. 1972 Central park production.
MUCH
ADO ABOUT NOTHING - BBC Shakespeare Retold 2005. Modern play
inspired by Shakespeare's romantic comedy.
MURDER AT MIDNIGHT. - Original Theatre Online. Original Theatre's touring 2026 production of comedy-mystery.
MURDER IN THE DARK - Original Theatre Online. Psychological thriller. April 2024.
KING LEAR - BBC Play Of The Month and YouTube. 1975 TV production with Michael Hordern.
THE MUSIC MAN - Winter Garden Theater and YouTube. Broadway revival with Hugh Jackman.
THE NEW MORALITY - Mint Theater online. Social comedy generated by one woman insulting another. November 2022
NYE - National Theatre At Home. Play about Nye Bevan, founder of the National Health Service. November 2024
OEDIPUS REX - Stratford Festival
and YouTube
1959 Canadian production of Sophocles.
OLD
FRIENDS - BBC I-Player. Star-filled
Stephen Sondheim salute.
OOH LA LA - KEEP AN EYE ON AMELIE - BBC and YouTube. 1973 TV version of classic French farce.
OTVETKA - Finborough Theatre and YouTube. Ukrainian play of woman's reaction to the war. June 2022
PACIFIC
OVERTURES - Broadway 1976 and YouTube. Stephen
Sondheim and Japanese history.
THE PETRIFIED FOREST - US Television 1955 and YouTube. Robert E Sherwood Depression-era drama.
PHILIP GOES FORTH - Mint Theater. 1931 George Kelly comedy about artistic wannabes. Spring 2023
PIRATES OF PENZANCE - New York Shakespeare Festival. 1980s Broadway version of Gilbert & Sullivan,
QUARTERMAINE'S TERMS - BBC and YouTube. 1987 TV version of Simon Gray play about teachers.
THE RED - Original Theatre Online. Recovering alcoholic and a vintage wine. Spring 2022
REEL LIFE - Folio Theatre Company. Three seemingly separate stories come together. Spring 2022
REVELATIONS - YouTube Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
THE
SEVEN DEADLY SINS - Opera North. Brecht-Weill
song/dance cycle. Spring 2022
seven
methods for killing kylie jenner - Royal Court Theatre
Online. What one woman's celebrity exposes about
cultural prejudices. Spring 2022
THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN - PBS and Marquee.tv. 1972 US television production of Sean O'Casey drama.
TIKKUN
OLAM - Original Theatre Online. An idealistic
project threatened by personal ambitions. Summer 2022
THE
TIME MACHINE - Original Theatre Online. Comic
version of H F Wells tale. July 2023
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE - The Acting Company, PBS and YouTube. 1976 TV production of William Saroyan bar room drama.
TWELFTH
NIGHT - ITV and YouTube. 1970 television
production with Joan Plowright, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson.
THE
VORTEX - BBC and YouTube. 1969 television
production of Noel Coward's first play.
THE WASTELAND - YouTube and app store. Two films of actress Fiona Shaw reading T S Eliot's poem. January 2023
THE
WINTER'S TALE - Cheek By Jowl. 2017 staging of
Shakespeare.
WONDERFUL TOWN - US Television and YouTube. 1958 broadcast of Bernstein-Comden-Green musical.
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