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George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra (2008)

Director

James Cellan Jones

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £14.99

Highly acclaimed 1976 US television adaptation of one of George Bernard Shaw’s best-loved works, broadcast in the "Hall of Fame" series. Starring Alec Guinness as Julius Caesar and Genevieve Bujold as...

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Saint Joan (1957)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 110 minutes), Available to BUFVC members only

The story of 15th-century French heroine Joan of Arc, a young farm girl who heard voices telling her to lead an army against the English occupying forces and crown the dauphin king of France. But Joan was...

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Major Barbara (1941)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 131 minutes), £19.99

Lighthearted tale of the daughter of a wealthy munitions manufacturer who joins the Salvation Army believing that money is the root of all evil. A young professor who falls in love with her makes her realise...

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Blackstuff, The (1980 Video)

Director

Jim Goddard

Producer

David Rose

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 110 min.

Television drama about a gang of Liverpudlian workers who go to Middlesborough to lay a tarmac road.

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Pygmalion (1938) (1938)

Director

Anthony Asquith

Producer

Gabriel Pascal

Subject

Anthropology; Drama; Education; Languages

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

Later adapted as ‘My Fair Lady’, in George Bernard Shaw’s comedy of manners, Pygmalion Snobbish Professor Higgins has a wager with his friend Colonel Pickering that with the right instruction he can...

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Devil’s Disciple, The (1959)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 83 minutes), $15.00

Hollywood adaptation of Shaw’s play set during the American Revolution. NB This title is currently only available in America (on NTSC video) and can thus only be purchased by individuals for personal use...

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Christmas Carol, A (1977)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes ), £99.99 (combined with 3 other titles)

A television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, keeping close to Dickens’ text, with John Le Mesurier as Marley’s Ghost, Bernard Lee as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Alvar...

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Woman in Black, The (1989)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 101 minutes), £22.49

TV adaptation by Nigel Kneale of Susan Hill’s celebrated ghost story, starring Bernard Hepton and Adrian Rawlings. Now deleted, this title can be obtained second hand both in the UK and USA.

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Boys from the Blackstuff (Episodes 1-5) (1982 Video)

Director

Philip Saville

Producer

Michael Wearing

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 308 minutes), £15.99

A drama series made for television illustrating the indignities of unemployment and its inherent evils, skillfully blending black farce and tragedy. The story centres around a gang of tarmac layers from...

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Jules Cesar (2001 Television, Video)

aka: Julius Caesar

Director

Bernard Vasseur; Claude Lulé

Video recording of Julius Caesar directed for stage by Claude Lulé and for video by Bernard Vasseur. Role names unknown (5/2008).

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