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Fire Engine Of 1788 At Rothbury

Date released

8 Dec 1913

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

283

NoS ID

382183

Story no

4 / 5

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Byron’s Rhetoric

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of taped lectures and interviews by eminent authors, poets, psychologists and professors on aspects of English Literature. Produces in the USA. This is a talk on Byron given by G. Wilson Knight.

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Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Witches of Shakespeare (2003 Audio)

Producer

Martin Compton

Secular cantatas composed by Thomas Linley (1756-1788); libretto by French Lawrence. Lorna Anderson and Julia Gooding (sopranos) and Richard Wistreich, (bass) with The Parley of Instruments Baroque...

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Carolyn Oxton on all-woman swamp expedition (1977)

Genre

Interview

Carolyn Oxton, a member of the All-Woman Swamp Expedition, tells how the group is about to journey through the Atrato Swamp of Columbia, South America, on Avon inflatable motor boats. They plan to document...

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Art from Australia

Date released

28 Jan 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1756

NoS ID

024969

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Art From Australia. DESCRIPTION: The best of Australian art from 1788 to the present-day is on show at the Tate Gallery in London. The exhibition includes examples of the colonial,...

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Poetry: Between the Lines - The Romantics (2015)

Subject

English language and literature

Hip-hop artist Akala explores the language, form and themes of the Romantic era, and explores the effect it has had in shaping our society. Among the poets discussed are Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, Shelley and...

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Persisting Dreams: Romanticism in Europe (1996 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells the story of Byron as romantic hero - how he constructed himself and how he influenced later artists including the French painter Delacroix and the composer Giuseppi Verdi. Romanticism is thus shown as...

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Madness of King George, The (1994 Video)

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Producer

Stephen Evans; David Parfitt

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 110 min., 1999 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Historical drama set in 1788 and based on the play ‘The Madness of George III’ by Alan Bennett, which follows the events surrounding King George III as his mental condition deteriorates. Screenplay by...

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Romantic Poets in the Alps, The (1984 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Discusses the visits made to the Alps by Wordsworth in 1790 and by Byron and Shelley in 1816 and their different responses to the grandeur of the scenery. Looks in detail at three works: Book VI of...

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Romantic Poets, The 1 (2000 Multimedia)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

CD-ROM

A guide to the lives, times and works of the Romantic poets, focusing particularly on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron and Keats. Contains over 120 poems in full with one poem by each poet read aloud; modern...

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