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Staging Greek Tragedy: Insights on Sites (1982 Video)

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £38.00 (inc. p&p +VAT)

An analysis and reconstruction of the staging of ‘Oresteia’ of Aeschylus. The conventions of tragedy in performance and the architecture of the Greek theatre are explained using the ancient theatre at...

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Drottingholm Court Theatre (1967 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.

The theatre and its decor, unchanged throughout the last two centuries. The original groove and shutter machinery is shown in action during a performance of ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ by Gluck.

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Richard Eyre and Ion Caramitru: National Theatre? (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. S-VHS. col. ? min.

A discussion on European theatre recorded at the Gate theatre in London, on 6 March 1996 as part of the Gate Biennale, a celebration of contemporary European theatre. Karen Johnson of the Directors Guild of...

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Training Future Players for China’s Classical Theatre (1958 Film)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Training young children for future participation in China’s classical theatre.

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Hand Puppets (Film)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows Yang Sheng, a master of the traditional Fukein hand puppet theatre, with a variety of his puppets. Shows the manual dexterity required of the puppet operator. The film contains a complete hand puppet...

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National Theatre 50th Anniversary DVD (2014)

Director

Adam Low

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 301 minutes), £29.99

A 2 disc DVD of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which contains the ‘50 Years on Stage’ live gala performance and the two part Arena documentary on the history of the National...

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Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed (1983)

aka: Como Querem Beber Agua

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), £105.00

In 1994 Ronaldo Morelos spent 5 months in Rio de Janeiro, observing and documenting the work of Augusto Boal and the Centro de Teatro do Oprimido. This was the time of the Brazilian national elections. It...

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Maria Martin, Or Murder in the Red Barn (1999 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 120 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn’ and Victorian Music Hall, directed by John Caird, recorded at the Britten Theatre in December 1999, and...

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Duchess of Malfi, The (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 160 minutes)

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ by John Webster, directed by Declan Donnellan and performed by the Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company at Wyndham’s Theatre,...

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Betrayal (1998) (1998)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (PAL)

Video recording of the 1998 National Theatre production of Harold Pinter’s classic play which reveals the details of an adulterous affair in reverse chronological order. This can only be viewed by...

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