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When Shakespeare was a Boy (1931 Radio)

Series

History: Children of Other Days: 1485-1789, 2

Radio schools broadcast. The second story in the ten-part history series by Rhoda Power features an imaginary account of Shakespeare’s childhood intended for 13-14 year old schoolchildren.

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Creation of Childhood, The (1987 Video)

Producer

Eleanor Morris

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at Neil Postman’s controversial theory that childhood was created by the printing press. Discusses what a child’s life was like in the medieval period prior to the invention of the printing press...

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Sources of Shakespeare’s Richard III, The (1984 Radio)

Radio broadcast. Tinch Minter researches source material from which Shakespeare wrote his play. His main resources seem to have been the English chronicles of Edward Hall (1548) and Raphael Holinshed...

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Building by Numbers (1995)

Producer

Anne-Marie Gallen

Subject

Architecture; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Looks at the use of mathematics by architects Palladio, Le Corbusier and Bernard Tschumi. Palladio’s 16th-century Italian buildings reflect his belief in the perfection of nature as epitomised by geometry...

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Elizabeth Rex (2001 Audio)

Series

Cbc Stratford Festival Reading

Audio recording of Timothy Findlay’s play. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to death for treason. On the eve of his death in 1601, a tormented Elizabeth seeks distraction and calls...

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Dutch Royal Library Disc, The (1989 Video)

Subject

Art; Librarianship

Distribution

CD-ROM

Contains 7000 illustrations from manuscripts and printed books from the early Middle ages to th 16th century. There are 2 kinds of pictures: 1) handpainted miniatures, used as decorations and/or...

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London of the Court and the City, The (1928 Radio)

Series

England That Shakespeare Knew, The

Radio broadcast for schools. Sixth in an eight-part series, conducted by J.C. Stobart and Mary Somerville, introducing schoolchildren to Shakespeare.

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At School when Shakespeare was a Boy (1928 Radio)

Series

England That Shakespeare Knew, The

Radio broadcast for schools. Second in an eight-part series, conducted by J.C. Stobart and Mary Somerville, introducing schoolchildren to Shakespeare.

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What we Know of Shakespeare’s Life (1928 Radio)

Series

England That Shakespeare Knew, The

Radio broadcast for schools. First in an eight-part series, conducted by J.C. Stobart and Mary Somerville, introducing schoolchildren to Shakespeare.

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Shakespeare’s Houses, And the Great Halls of the Nobles (1928 Radio)

Series

England That Shakespeare Knew, The

Radio broadcast for schools. Fourth in an eight-part series, conducted by J.C. Stobart and Mary Somerville, introducing schoolchildren to Shakespeare.

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