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Six Plays by Alan Bennett (2017)

Director

Stephen Frears; Giles Foster; Lindsay Anderson

Producer

Stephen Frears

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 414 minutes), £17.35

This DVD collects six Alan Bennett plays produced by Stephen Frears. Frears himself directs four of the six plays, with the remaining two directed by Giles Foster and Lindsay Anderson. ME! I’M AFRAID OF...

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Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1993 Video)

Director

David Thacker

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1996 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Directed by David Thacker with Benjamin Whitrow as Falstaff.

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Left and Write: Recalling the 30s (1991 Video)

Producer

Betty Talks

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at how writers, poets and film-makers looked outwards from England to a wider European perspective in the 1930s. Julian Symons, Stephen Spender and Naomi Mitchison look back at how it felt to be a...

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Merchant of Venice, The (1996 Television, Video)

Director

Alan Horrox

Producer

Alan Horrox

Filmed partly on location in Venice, the specially commissioned production of The Merchant of Venice emphasises contemporary issues of capitalism, feminism, and racism in the form of anti-semitism. Bob Peck...

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King Henry V (1964 Audio)

Series

Living Shakespeare

Director

John Hale

A reading of an abridged version of King Henry V directed by John Hale with Richard Burton in the title role.

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King Lear (1975 Television)

Series

Play of the Month

Director

Jonathan Miller

Producer

Cedric Messina

Televised adaptation of the play with Michael Hordern in the title role and Frank Middlemass as the Fool.

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Merchant of Venice, The (1974 Television)

Director

John Sichel

Producer

Cecil Clarke

Originally staged by Jonathan Miller at the Old Vic in 1970 and then at the National Theatre, London in 1971, the production was subsequently recorded for television. The production is set in Venice in the...

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Winter’s Tale, The (1993 Video)

Director

Adrian Noble

A video recording, using a single-fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1992 touring production of The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Adrian Noble with John Nettles as Leontes.

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Troilus and Cressida (1981 Television)

aka: The Shakespeare Plays

Series

BBC Television Shakespeare

Director

Jonathan Miller

Producer

Jonathan Miller

Television production with Anton Lesser as Troilus and Suzanne Burden as Cressida. Blind artist Jack Birkett aka The Incredible Orlando (who also played Caliban in Derek Jarman THE TEMPEST) as Thersites.

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Henry IV. Part 2 (2000 Video)

Series

This England: The Histories

Director

Michael Attenborough

A video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2000 production of Henry IV. Part 2. Directed by Michael Attenborough with David Troughton as Henry VI and Desmond Barrit as Falstaff.

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