Alvin Rakoff
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Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian director of film, television and theatre productions. He has worked with actors including Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Rex Harrison, Rod Steiger, Henry Fonda and Ava Gardner.
BBC Television Shakespeare
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The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned seven seasons and thirty-seven episodes.
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James Earl Jones. When Cedric Messina attempted to cast Jones as Othello, Equity threatened to strike, as they wanted only British and Irish performers to appear in the shows.
The Folger Shakespeare Library was heavily involved in promoting the show in the United States.
Peter Brook was uninterested in directing an episode of the show when Jonathan Miller offered him the opportunity.