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Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1938 Radio)

aka: Macbeth

Producer

Carl Ebert

Acts III and IV of Verdi’s Othello relayed live from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

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Jane Austen: Presumption (1995 Video)

aka: Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Biography of novelist Jane Austen, showing the stately home of her brothers, the ballrooms of her friends, the beach at Sidmouth where she fell in love. Descendants of her aristocratic family and...

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Pride and Prejudice (1995) (2000)

Director

Simon Langton

Producer

Sue Birtwistle

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 327 minutes), £19.99

Andrew Davies’ adaptation of the Jane Austen romantic novel, filmed in English stately homes and country cottages. The DVD includes a short ‘behind-the-scenes’ documentary.

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Privacy Online (2002)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 30 minutes), $19.95

This episode of Computer Chronicles, the American televison series on personal computer technology, discusses online privacy, cookies and how to browse the web anonymously. Also looks at safe conduct in...

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Mining for Science (1992 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates the development of the scientific ideas of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), a found of the modern science of geology, in his dual role as professor of mining and mineralogy at the minds in...

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Persuasion (1999)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £19.99

A television adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel about the enduring power of love. England 1814 - Anne Elliott was persuaded to reject a young naval officer’s proposal years before, but now she...

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Jane Austen’s Society

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £10.99

Jane Austen lived in a dramatically exciting period of English history. Although her six novels are concerned with the manners of courtship, marriage and money than the social change and political intrigue...

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Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1939 Radio)

Producer

Carl Ebert

Verdi’s Macbeth relayed live in its entirety from the Glyndebourne Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

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Language of Realism, The (1996 Audio)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Audiocassette. 90 min., 1996 sale: £11.99 (inclusive)

Readings from ‘Great Expectations’, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Fathers and Sons’. Each extract is followed by an interview which examines how the language used creates a sense of realism. Cicely...

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Perspectives on ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (1996 Audio, Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 85 min., 1997 sale: £46.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

A video-based study pack on ‘Pride and Prejudice’, offering a range of views on Jane Austen’s era and examines the use of irony, the nature of relationships and the characters withing the novel,...

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