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Restoration (1988)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 165 minutes), viewing on premises only

Recording of a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company performed at the Swan Theatre in 1988. Directed by Roger Michell. NB Only available for research viewing at the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford.

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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The (2003)

aka: Nicholas Nickleby

Subject

Drama; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 540 minutes), £29.99

A recording of Trevor Nunn’s epic Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of the Dickens novel, as performed on the stage in London and Broadway.

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Country Wife, The (1994)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (170 minutes), reference viewing only

Recordings of performances by the Royal Shakespeare company of William Wycherley’s ‘The Country Wife’, directed by Max Stafford-Clark, at The Swan in 1993 and The Pit in 1994.

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Marat/Sade (2001)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 120 minutes), £6.85

Adaptation by Peter Brook from his own Royal Shakespeare Company production of Peter Weiss’ play entitled ‘The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates at Charenton...

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Miss Julie (1972) (2008)

Director

Robin Philips; John Glenister

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £5.99

Recording of an outstanding stage performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company of the Strindberg play, with Helen Mirren as Miss Julie.

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Playing Shakespeare (1984)

Director

John Carlow

Producer

Andrew Snell

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £9.99

Television documentary series in nine parts in which John Barton, associate director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, works with RSC actors analysing how Shakespeare’s text works, examining the use of...

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Tantalus (2006)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 142 minutes), £79.00

A behind-the-scenes look at the production of Tantalus, the ambitious, ten-hour, nine-play cycle on ancient Greek myths written by Royal Shakespeare Company co-founder John Barton and directed by Sir Peter...

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Herbal Bed, The (1997 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 150 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘The Herbal Bed’ by Peter Whelan, directed by Michael Attenborough and performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Pit theatre in the...

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Cherry Orchard, The (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 140 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Anton Chekhov, directed by Adrian Noble. Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre,...

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School for Scandal, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 90 minutes), REFERENCE ONLY

Video recording using three cameras of a production of ‘The School for Scandal’ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Declan Donnellan and performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican...

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