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Music Hall Days (2003)

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

Lionel Blair traces the origins of the Music Hall back to the days of the riotous Bartholomew Fayres of the Middle Ages through to the performers of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens of the 19th Century. He...

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Poetics of Movement, The (1996 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 93 min., 1997 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Dominique Dupuy has been a highly respected presence in French contemporary dance for over 50 years. In 1996 the International Workshop Festival invited Dupuy to work with dancers and performers in the over...

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Boyle Family, The (2005)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £13.99

theEYE is a series of interview-based profiles of contemporary visual artists in Britain. Each film provides a survey of an artist’s work and ideas, featuring the artist in discussion and illustrated by...

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Master Qi and the Monkey King (2012)

Director

Michael Govenar

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 81 minutes), $24.95

Documentary chronicling the life and work of Qi Shu Fang, one of the most well-known masters of Chinese Opera, who has moved, with her husband Ding Me-kui and their company of Chinese Opera performers to the...

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David Starkey’s Music & Monarchy (2017)

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £7.99

Presented by renowned historian David Starkey, this BBC series reveals how British kings and queens shaped the story of the nation’s music as patrons and taste makers, and even as composers and performers....

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Onnagata and the Fan (1998 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 176 min., 1999 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Videotaped source material for research purposes: here Gojo Masanosuke, one of Japan’s most celebrated ‘Onnagata’, is seen teaching a group of performers some of the basic body, hand and face movements...

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Island, The (2000 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 90 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘The Island’ (1973) by Athol Fugard, scripted with performers John Kani and Winston Ntshona, directed by Athol Fugard, designed by the company,...

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Soulcaking at Antrobus (1975 Film, Video)

Director

John S Murray

Producer

Anthony E Green

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Every year at Hallowe’en a gang of men from the village of Antrobus, Cheshire, perform a traditional play in the pubs and village halls of the neighbourhood. The film shows a performance at the Wheatsheaf...

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Day the Country Died - A History of Anarcho-Punk (2006)

Subject

Music; Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

With the birth of punk rock came a popular interest in anarchism. While the early punk scene used anarchist imagery for its shock value, the band Crass went on to lead the Anarcho-Punk movement - taking the...

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Quidam (2000 Video)

aka: Cirque du Soleil Presents Quidam

Director

David Mallet

Producer

Rocky Oldham

Subject

Drama

Distribution

DVD

A performance of ‘Quidam’ by the Cirque du Soleil, recorded live in Amsterdam. Incorporates dance, live music, dramatic lighting, extravagent costumes, theatre and acrobatics to create a story of...

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