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  1. Comedians (1979 Video)

    Director
    Richard Eyre
    Producer
    Richard Eyre
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Hire, VHS (PAL, 94 minutes)

    The 1975 stage play transferred to television in 1979. The plot concerns a class for stand-up comics that meets before a talent-spotting contest. The play presents a realist depiction of the classroom and...

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  2. Modern Molière: Tartuffe (2010)

    Director
    Constantin Werner
    Subject
    Drama; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Modern-day adaptation of Moliere’s comedy ‘Tartuffe’ or ‘The Hypocrite’. Set in Los Angeles, and told all in rhyme, ‘Tartuffe’ is the story of a religious impostor who tries to steal his...

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  3. Two Children of Oedipus (1973 Audio)

    Director
    David R Clark
    Producer
    David R Clark
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 36 min.

    A discussion of Voltaire’s ‘Oedipe’ and Kleist’s comedy ‘The Broken Pitcher’ as adaptations of ‘Oedipus Rex’. Voltaire’s inability to perceive the problematic nature of truth in...

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  4. And What Does Your Mother Do? (1981 Video)

    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 10 min.

    A comedy dealing with society’s refusal to recognise the contribution of housewives, and accept domestic commitments as work. The protagonist is a woman who rushes around the house in the morning getting...

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  5. Rover, The (1996)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 181 minutes), £67.00

    The stage production of Aphra Behn’s Restoration comedy ‘The Rover’, first performed in 1677, with interviews with Jules Wright, director of the Women’s Playhouse Trust, and a discussion of the...

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  6. News Stories (1995)

    Producer
    Paul Manners
    Subject
    English language and literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at the distinctive ways the English language is used in television news by following a group of trainee journalists, observing their successes and failures. Also features extracts from the BBC...

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  7. Rover, The 1 (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 181 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    During the 17th century the theatre was predominately a male domain from which women were excluded, especially as playwrights. For Aphra Behn, the first woman playwright, to enter the fiercely competitive...

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  8. Shaw: His Kind of Drama (3 Parts) (1976 Audio)

    Director
    N.C. Collins
    Producer
    N.C. Collins
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 55, 56, 46 min.

    Part 1: Professor Brooks looks at Shaw’s work against the background of the European revolution in drama in the late nineteenth century, with its concern for nature. He identifies Shaw’s sense of the...

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  9. Spring Re-Loaded 3 (8 Parts) (1997)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    out of distribution

    Recordings of contemporary dance performances from the 1996 Spring Loaded season held at The Place, London. The two-camera live-mix version does not interpret the work but does capture the spontaneity of...

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