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William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin: The Spoken Word (2012)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Audio (CD, 66 minutes), £10.00

This collection of recordings features the American writer William S Burroughs and the British-born artist Brion Gysin: the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the ‘cut-up’ literary technique....

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After Agincourt (1989 Radio)

In this account of the battle of Agincourt experienced through the eyes of Pistol (Bob Hoskins), writer Peter Mottley focuses the action of the play on the minor characters of Shakespeare’s Henry V and how...

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Lena Ashwell Players, The: Scenes from Macbeth (1928 Radio)

Radio broadcast. The Lena Ashwell Players play scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth as performed for the troops in France during the war. With Lena Ashwell as Lady Macbeth and Paget Bowman as Macbeth. Herbert...

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Tod des Koenigs Hamlet, Der (1973 Television)

aka: Death of Hamlet, The

An interpretation of Hamlet by Milos Rejnus. The story concerns the events preceding those in Shakespeare’s tragedy and begins with the murder of Hamlet’s father; the hero is Polonius. No cast or...

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Solomon Howard (2007 Radio)

Series

Sketched

Producer

Sophie Black

In this comedy sketch by actor and comedy writer Ed Weeks, theatre critic Solomon Howard reviews two Shakespearean productions: Hamlet at the National Theatre, London and The Tempest at the Putney Brothel....

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Mort de Jules Cêsar, La (1907 Film)

aka: Shakespeare Writing Julius Caesar

Director

Georges Méliès

Fiction short which shows Shakespeare suffering from writer’s block while planning the assassination scene in Julius Caesar. He falls asleep in his study and dreams of the scene he is to write. Shakespeare...

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1994 Radio)

Producer

Jenny Bowen

Radio quiz show with Christopher Cook in the chair. Actress Juliet Stevenson and writer Germaine Greer lead the teams, testing their knowledge of Shakespeare’s work as well as their imagination in...

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Left and Write: Recalling the 30s (1991 Video)

Producer

Betty Talks

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at how writers, poets and film-makers looked outwards from England to a wider European perspective in the 1930s. Julian Symons, Stephen Spender and Naomi Mitchison look back at how it felt to be a...

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Graham Greene: The Spoken Word (2007)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 70 minutes), £9.95

As novelist, essayist, critic and playwright, Graham Greene was one of the leading English literary figures of the twentieth century. This CD provides an overview of Greene’s life and achievements in his...

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Hey, Hey, McBeth!: A Comedy with Music (1937 Radio)

Producer

Robin Russell

Radio broadcast of Macbeth as a musical comedy. Both Holinshed and Shakespeare are mentioned as inspirational source but the play seems to have been ‘improved’ out of all recognition by writer duo Jack...

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