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Shakespeare Audiotapes, Series

The pre-recorded programmes in this series combine academic criticism and actors’ rehearsals of key scenes and speeches. The scenes rehearsed on the second side of the tapes are directed by John Russell...

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DISCOVERING HAMLET released on DVD

Date

20 Jan 2011, 14:19

Author

Eve-Marie

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DISCOVERING HAMLET, the 1990 PBS documentary about Derek Jacobi's 1988 production of Hamlet for the Renaissance Theatre Company with Kenneth Branagh in the title role, will be released on DVD by Acorn...

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Royal Mail to issue Shakespeare stamps

Date

14 Feb 2011, 23:31

Author

bufvcsergio

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On 12 April 2011 The Royal Mail will issue a collection of stamps featuring six images from Royal Shakespeare Company productions to celebrate 50 years of the company's charter. The six stamps will...

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Shakespeare database - top ten viewed records

Date

17 Mar 2016, 09:18

Author

Alex Morris

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It's Shakespeare Week, so all this week organisations up and down the nation are celebrating the life, work and legacy of the Bard. At the BUFVC, one of our services is the International Database of...

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Hamlet (2015)

Director

Margaret Williams

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £17.99

A film version of the play with Maxine Peake in the title role. The production was first staged at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in 2014. Sarah Frankcom directed for stage, Margaret Williams for screen.

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Painted Ballad of India (198 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Art; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the art of painting the eight-metre long horizontal scrolls in a desert village in Rajasthan, with a ballad singer telling the tale of the folk hero Pabuji. The moves to a hamlet of traditional...

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Hamlet

Date

18 Mar 2014, 08:01

Author

Sergio Angelini

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Hamlet. 2006. GB. CD. Naxos Audio Books. 240 minutes. Price £13.99. www.naxosaudiobooks.com/ About the reviewer: Susanne Greenhalgh is currently Principal Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance...

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Englishman Abroad, An (1983 Video)

Director

John Schlesinger

Producer

Innes Lloyd

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1995 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Coral Browne plays herself in a dramatisation written by Alan Bennett of her chance meeting with the exiled spy Guy Burgess, played by Alan Bates, and the relationship that develops between them. The play...

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Ian McKellen Presents Shakespeare on Screen at the BFI

Date

29 Oct 2015, 15:24

Author

BUFVC-user34036

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The BFI has announced that Ian McKellen will be spearheading the BFI’s Shakespeare on Film programme from April 2016, full details of which will be announced in January 2016. The news was released by the...

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Stanislavski Century, The

Director

Peter Hercombe

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 156 minutes), £145.00 [Institutional rate]

This documentary examines the life and work of Russian actor and theatre director Constantin Stanislavski. Set against the historical background of revolutionary Russia and featuring rare footage, the...

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