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Fire Engine Of 1788 At Rothbury

Date released

8 Dec 1913

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

283

NoS ID

382183

Story no

4 / 5

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Byron’s Rhetoric

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of taped lectures and interviews by eminent authors, poets, psychologists and professors on aspects of English Literature. Produces in the USA. This is a talk on Byron given by G. Wilson Knight.

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Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Witches of Shakespeare (2003 Audio)

Producer

Martin Compton

Secular cantatas composed by Thomas Linley (1756-1788); libretto by French Lawrence. Lorna Anderson and Julia Gooding (sopranos) and Richard Wistreich, (bass) with The Parley of Instruments Baroque...

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Persisting Dreams: Romanticism in Europe (1996 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells the story of Byron as romantic hero - how he constructed himself and how he influenced later artists including the French painter Delacroix and the composer Giuseppi Verdi. Romanticism is thus shown as...

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Madness of King George, The (1994 Video)

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Producer

Stephen Evans; David Parfitt

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 110 min., 1999 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Historical drama set in 1788 and based on the play ‘The Madness of George III’ by Alan Bennett, which follows the events surrounding King George III as his mental condition deteriorates. Screenplay by...

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Romantic Poets, The (2000 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2004 sale: £16.90 (+p&p +VAT)

A study of the poets of the Romantic period, focusing particularly on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron and Keats. Provides an introduction to a movement that reflected the general shift in attitude in the early...

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English Romantic Poets, The (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

CD-ROM

CD-ROM on the English Romantic poets and their world, supported by visual images including Blake etchings and material from the collection of the Wordsworh Trust. Features over 70 poems by William Blake,...

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Thomas Gainsborough (2002)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 35 minutes), £12.99

The perennially popular paintings of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) have long been recognised as embodying the sophistication and elegance of Georgian England. The inventiveness and complexity of his...

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Byron (2 Parts) (2003)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

A television dramatisation of the life of George Gordon Byron in two parts.

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Romanticism and Revolution (1770 - 1870)

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

Investigates the Enlightenment roots of the American Revolution and examines its influence on the French Revolution. Illustrates how revolt became a romantic idea during the period-a passionate outburst by...

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