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Wordsworth: Poems of 1807

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 80 mins approx), £10.00

Tapes in the Critical Archive series are are designed for those who have read the relevant text and who have it in front of them; the poetry tapes take "close reading" as their method. Aimed primarily at...

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The Negro Tragedian (2009 Radio)

Producer

Cecile Wright

Radio documentary by Kwame Kwei-Armeh tracing the life and work of nineteenth century black British actor Ira Aldridge. Undeterred by the racial hostility of the press, Aldridge pursued his acting career to...

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Red Velvet (2012 Video)

Director

Indhu Rubasingham

Video recording (mixed recording, four cameras) of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of Othello. Adrian Lester plays Aldridge.

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Lake Poets, The: William Wordsworth (2004)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

The term ‘Lake poets’ was first used in the August 1817 ‘Edinburgh Review’ to describe William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey in a derogatory manner. History now regards the...

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Viva L’Italia (1961)

aka: Garibaldi

Director

Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)

Subject

History; Italian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £15.00/£12.00

To celebrate the centenary of the unification of Italy, the Italian government commissioned Rossellini to make a biopic of Giuseppe Garibaldi and his 1860 campaign to unify Italy. The result is visually...

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