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  1. Steven Berkoff’s Oedipus

    Director
    Steven Berkoff
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), £16.75

    Steven Berkoff’s version of Sophocles’ tragedy.

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  2. Oedipus at Colonus (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 85 minutes), £35.00

    Along with ‘Oedipus’ and ‘Antigone’ this completes Sophocles’ Theban trilogy. Oedipus finally comes to terms with his life of triumph, tragedy and disgrace and finds relief in death. He overcomes...

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  3. Staging Greek Tragedy: Insights on Sites (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £38.00 (inc. p&p +VAT)

    An analysis and reconstruction of the staging of ‘Oresteia’ of Aeschylus. The conventions of tragedy in performance and the architecture of the Greek theatre are explained using the ancient theatre at...

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  4. Doctor Faustus (2013)

    Director
    Mattthew Dunster
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 166 minutes), £19.95

    Matthew Dunster directed this production of Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy, which was recorded live at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in August, 2011. Paul Hilton take the role of Doctor Faustus, whose...

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  5. Myth of ‘Medea’, The: Authenticity in Greek Tragedy (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Explores the tensions between ancient and modern dramatic performance conventions inherent in attempts to recreate Euripides’ Greek tragedy ‘Medea’. Examines various aspects of Greek drama - the space...

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  6. Bhopal: A Lingering Tragedy (1985 Video)

    Producer
    John Bridcut
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Six months after a cloud of lethal gas escaped from the Union Carbide factory in December 1984, poisoning the city of Bhopal in India, there are legal disputes over claims for compensation and culpability,...

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  7. BBC Acting Series, The (2006)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 6 x 60 minutes), 19.99 each or £99.99 the set

    A series of six 60-minute programmes featuring leading actors discussing and demonstrating different styles of acting. Individual programmes are acting in film - Michael Caine; acting in opera - Jonathan...

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  8. Beyond Stanislavski: Oyston Directs Chekhov (2008)

    Director
    Peter Oyston
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 58 minutes), £110 [University rate]

    Peter Oyston takes a group of young acting students through an abridged version of Chekhov’s famous play to reveal the essence of Chekhov’s style. Chekhov intended the CHERRY ORCHARD to be a comedy not a...

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  9. Understanding Refugees and Immigration (2017)

    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL)

    A series of six minute films showing the human story of personal tragedy and illustrating how a lack of understanding fosters feelings of negativity and fear towards other races and religions. Ibrahim’s...

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  10. Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Keith Griffiths; Stephen Quaij; Timothy Quaij
    Producer
    Keith Griffiths
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A cultural history of Punch and Judy and a documentary on Giovanni Piccini. Piccini’s ‘Tragical Comedy and Comical Tragedy’ of Punch and Judy was first recorded in 1827 by J Payne Collier and...

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