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Drama of the River

Date released

9 Dec 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

565

NoS ID

142018

Story no

6 / 7

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Screen interview with homeless hero.

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Talk (2000 Video)

Director

Matthew Parkhill

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Free, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., Free

A short film drama portraying a society in which non-disabled people are a pitied minority and have physical and social barriers to overcome. Part of the ‘Actions speak louder than words’ advertising...

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Shakespeare Social Networks: Animated Shakespeare (Multimedia)

A site which employs PieSpy, software designed to allow users to infer and visualise social networks on Internet Relay Chat (IRC). It works by feeding PieSpy with the full texts of all Shakespeare plays,...

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War Spy Drama Recalled

Date released

9 Apr 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

325

NoS ID

033187

Story no

1 / 7

Master-spy a guest of captor. Captain von Rintelen attends marriage of daughter of Admiral Hall, who secured his arrest in Great War.

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John English

Date released

1969

Series name

The Pacemakers

Issue no

7

NoS ID

327143

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: John English is a solidly built, argumentative, cheerful, bearded man in his fifties. He’s the founder and guiding light of the Midlands Arts Centre for young people in Birmingham, England,...

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Romeo and Juliet (2021 Film)

Director

Melissa Chalsma

Producer

David Melville

A digital edition derived from a hybrid film / theatre production that was performed and broadcast live but incorporating pre-recorded sections. Later made available on DVD. A contemporary adaptation of...

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Spongers, The (1978 Film, Video)

Director

Roland Joffe

Producer

Tony Garnett

Subject

Drama; Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A mother with four children, deserted by her husband, fights for her welfare rights. One of the children has Down’s syndrome. The play is set against the Silver Jubilee celebrations, in a time of high...

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All’s Well That Ends Well (2023 Television)

Series

Lights Up

Director

John Wyver; Blanche McIntyre; Hayley Pepler; Todd MacDonald

Producer

John Wyver; Hayley Pepler

Adventurous recording of Blanche Macintyre’s 2022 RSC production of Shakespeare’s play set in today’s world of saturated social media, starring Rosie Sheehy and Jamie Wilkes.

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Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, The (2010)

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £195.00

Drama based on the real diaries of Anne Lister: a landowning woman who, as a lesbian, defied the conventions of her time. The film explores the social issues faced by women in 19th century life.

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Sesame: Drama with Schizophrenics (1971 Film)

Subject

Psychiatry; Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Record of a research project carried out at Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford, Essex. It was designed to assess the value of drama therapy in the treatment of long-stay schizophrenic patients with an emphasis on...

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