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Nothing Like the Sun: The Sonnet Project (2007 Video)

A new work by composer Gavin Bryars commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Opera North. Inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, Nothing Like The Sun: The Sonnet Project is a two-part performance....

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Liza with a ‘Z’ (1972)

Director

Bob Fosse

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 51 minutes), 16.99

In May 1972, Liza Minnelli, the Oscar winning star of that year’s blockbuster musical ‘Cabaret’ made television history with a televised concert filmed at New York’s prestigious Lyceum Theatre. The...

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Rossellini’s History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment: Blaise Pascal, The Age of the Medici, Cartesius (2009)

Director

Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)

Subject

French studies; History; Italian studies; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 546 minutes), $59.95

"In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...

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Julius Caesar (2004 Video)

Director

David Farr

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2004 touring production of Julius Caesar. Directed by David Farr with Christopher Saul as Julius Caesar, Zubin Varla as...

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Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk (2006 Television)

Series

Forbidden Shostakovich

Director

Richard Jones

The last episode in a series on works by Shostakovich which were influenced by Stalin’s rule. Peter Maniura presents a recording of the award-winning Royal Opera House production by Richard Jones. With...

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King Lear (2010 Television)

Series

Omnibus (Us Series)

Director

Andrew McCullough

Producer

Fred Rickey

Shortened version of the play adapted for television. Transmitted live in the Omnibus slot, the production was filmed on a circular set with two cameras that travelled around the perimeter. Reviews note...

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Black History: From Civil War Through Today (2008)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £39.99

DISC 1 IN THE BEGINNING The Civil War - A vivid dramatization of the war which shaped the social landscape for black Americans for centuries to come. The Plantation System - A stark portrayal of plantation...

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