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  1. England, My England: The Story of Henry Purcell (2010)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 152 minutes), £13.49

    A dramatisation of the life and times of Henry Purcell. Little is known about the enigmatic composer, but director Tony Palmer makes up for this by contextualising his story in late 17th Century England, and...

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  2. Shakespeare roundup

    Date
    7 Jun 2011, 18:33
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
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    1. Much Ado About Nothing (1967) As part of a section devoted to Rediscovered TV Drama, referring to the well-publicised cash of TV programmes repatriated recently from the the Library of Congress in the...

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  3. Birth of a Nation (1982 Video)

    Director
    Mike Newell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £30

    A play made for television that looks at the conflict between the old, authoritarian methods of school teaching and the more relaxed methods favoured by progressive teachers. Features an idealistic master...

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  4. 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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  5. Comrades (1986)

    Director
    Bill Douglas
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 175 minutes), £22.99

    Bill Douglas’s historical drama depicts the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs: six agricultural labourers from Dorset who were transported to Australia for swearing an unlawful oath, as they gathered together...

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  6. Tales out of School: Four Films by David Leland (2011)

    Director
    Alan Clarke; Edward Bennett; Jane Howell; Mike Newell
    Subject
    Drama; Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £14.40

    This anthology brings together the four films written by David Leland and screened originally in 1983 - the films are: BIRTH OF A NATION, FLYING INTO THE WIND, R.H.I.N.O. and MADE IN BRITAIN, all of which...

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