History of Performing Arts

Shakespeare's Strangest Tales

A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre through the centuries, including distinguished actors

The Life of Python: Third edition

Monty Python rides again. Those malicious rumours that they were washed up, pooped out, time expired (usually started by them) simply aren’t true.

Cinema's Strangest Moments

How did Leonardo DiCaprio become a hero on The Beach?

Why would the Droids lode control in Star Wars?

What persuaded Mad Max to become Hamlet?

Who made Long John Silver’s parrot dread Treasure Island?

When was there a curse on The Exorcist?

The Meaning Of Tango

From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world – a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance. The Tango was the cornerstone of Argentine culture, and has lasted for more than a hundred years, popular today in America, Japan and Europe.

Television's Strangest Moments

Ever since John Logie Baird first publicly demonstrated this now all-pervasive

medium in his small Soho laboratory, the history of television has been littered

with remarkable but true tales of the unexpected.

Ranging from bizarre stories of actors’ shenanigans to strange but true

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