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From the Archives: Kenneth Branagh on "Henry V" and "Dead Again."

Actor and director Kenneth Branagh. He stars as Lago in the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. We feature excerpts from two interviews with Branagh from our archives. Branagh's films include a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth, with himself in the title role, "Dead Again," a psychological thriller starring Branagh and Emma Thompson, and Much Ado About Nothing," also starring himself. Branagh was born in Northern Ireland, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, spent two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as acting, managing, and directing other groups and working on several BBC productions. (Rebroadcast from interviews recorded on October 25, 1989, and August 21, 1991.)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 25, 1995: Interviews with Kenneth Branagh; Interview with Laurence Fishburne; Review of the film "Sense and Sensibility."
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From the Archives: Actor Larry Fishburne.

Actor Laurence Fishburne. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and at 15, he played a young G.I. in "Apocalypse Now." He also played the musician Ike Turner in the film biography of Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It," and portrayed a streetwise chess pro in "Searching for Bobby Fischer." He plays the title role in the new film adaptation of "Othello." (Rebroadcast from April 6, 1992)

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Kenneth Branagh Discusses Directing and Playing "Henry V."

Actor and director Kenneth Branagh (rhymes with "Savanah"). Branagh has just made a new film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry the Fifth," with himself in the title role. Branagh was born in Northern Ireland, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, spent two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as acting, managing, and directing other groups and working on several BBC productions. The new "Henry the 5th" also stars Derek Jacobi, Paul Scofield and Ian Holm.

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