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The Pit of Death

Date released

3 Mar 1927

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

810-1

NoS ID

131125

Story no

1 / 6

Explosion in Marine Pit of the Ebbw Vale Steel and Iron Company at Cwm, 52 men being killed.

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Schalcken the Painter (2013)

Director

Leslie Megahey

Subject

Art; Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

Based on the short story ‘Strange Event in the Life of Schalcken the Painter’ by Sheridan Le Fanu, this programme was originally shown in the Omnibus strand on BBC 2 during Christmas 1979. The story...

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Antony and Cleopatra (1983 Video)

Director

Adrian Noble

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1982 studio production of Antony and Cleopatra. Directed by Adrian Noble with Michael Gambon as Antony and Helen Mirren as...

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Science Mitigates Perils of the Pit

Date released

1 Jun 1942

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1174

NoS ID

038271

Story no

5 / 5

Miners’ hospital adopts new treatment for spinal fractures. Injuries hitherto permanent completely cured in four months.

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Band Adds Fuel to Miners’ Efforts

Date released

22 Oct 1942

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/7; Paramount Issue No.: 1215

NoS ID

156588

Story no

1 / 2

A Yorkshire colliery. The Miners’ Welfare Institute invites Jack Jackson and his orchestra to play for them at a dance for miners. Next morning Jack Jackson visits the pit.

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Country Wife, The (1994)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (170 minutes), reference viewing only

Recordings of performances by the Royal Shakespeare company of William Wycherley’s ‘The Country Wife’, directed by Max Stafford-Clark, at The Swan in 1993 and The Pit in 1994.

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Herbal Bed, The (1997 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 150 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘The Herbal Bed’ by Peter Whelan, directed by Michael Attenborough and performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Pit theatre in the...

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Cymbeline (1988 Video)

Director

Bill Alexander

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 1987 Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Cymbeline. Directed by Bill Alexander with Harriet Walter as Imogen.

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As You Like It: Post Performance Discussion (2001 Audio)

A post-performance discussion after a performance of As You Like It directed by Gregory Doran for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The discussion, recorded in The Pit, Barbican Theatre, London includes Ian...

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Tempest, The (2000 Video)

Director

James Macdonald (2)

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 touring producton of The Tempest. Directed by James Macdonald with Philip Voss as Prospero.

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