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Historian Justin Champion tracks the history of the duel, investigates its influence, and learns about some particularly pivotal duels. Champion talks to Shakespeare scholars to discuss how frequently...
Themed episode of the series in which two teams of amateur antique collectors have an hour to acquire the best bargains on a budget and then see what happens when the items are sold at auction. Presented by...
Sexploitation movie. Eve Lorraine (Wiley) is a stripper who learns that she may be heiress to a fortune, but her life as a stripper threatens the inheritance. To acquire cultural credibility she studies...
Feminist satirical low-budget film appropriating the character of Ophelia as a metaphor for a young, unassertive woman. Ophelia has nightmares about the film TITANIC, is dominated by her father and boyfriend...
Faeture film dedicated in the pre-opening credit sequence to William McGonagall, the ‘greatest Bad Verse Writer of his age’. McGonagall, a Scottish weaver, falls in love with Queen Victoria at a music...
Feature film. A version of Hamlet set in Tibet. Under the shadow of the Himalayas, the young prince Lhamoklodan learns of his father’s mysterious death and returns to the Kingdom Jiaobo. Troubled by his...
Television arts series introduced by Sheridan Morley. John Gielgud, Dame Edith Evans, Vanessa Redgrave and Donald Sinden discuss the ways in which acting has changed in the last hundred years. There is an...
American television sitcom that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a pre-pubescent boy to a married man. In this episode Cory is cast to play Hamlet and his...
Arts strand of the televison documentary series, THIS WEEK. An 18 minute item contains scenes from Barbara Garson’s satirical play MacBird (a skit on Lyndon B. Johnson). MacBird learns from a fruit machine...
Feature film. A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s play set in New York City circa 2000. Tells the story of Hamlet, a young filmmaker, whose uncle Claudius takes control of the family business when...
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