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Silas Marner - The Weaver of Raveloe (1985)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 MINUTES), £15.99

BBC TV adaptation of George Eliot’s classic novel starring Ben Kingsley in the title role.

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News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: War!

Date released

7 Sep 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

535A

NoS ID

010235

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: WAR. DESCRIPTION: The fateful hour has struck, Britain and Germany are at war. Members gather at the House to hear the Premier’s speech. SHOTLIST: Crowd see Count Raczynski arrive at...

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? (1984 Television, Video)

Series

Sonnets of Shakespeare

Director

Leslie Fiedler

Sonnet 18 read in costume by Ben Kingsley, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Professor Leslie Fiedler. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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How Shakespeare Changed My Life (2018 Audio)

aka: Episode 95

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Esther French; Richard Paul

Sir Ben Kingsley, Early Hyman, Liev Shreiber, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach and Estelle Parsons share distinguished careers as Shakespearean actors. They talk to actor and director Melinda Hall about the...

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Twelfth Night Video Pack (1999 Video)

A video-based teaching pack with video clips from Trevor Nunn’s 1996 adaptation of the play, the 1988 Renaissance Theatre Company production directed by Kenneth Branagh, and interviews about the feature...

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Let Those Who Are in Favour with Their Stars (1984 Television, Video)

Series

Sonnets of Shakespeare

Sonnet 25 read in costume by Ben Kingsley, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr A L Rowse. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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In the Old Age Black was Not Counted Fair (1985 Television, Video)

Series

Sonnets of Shakespeare

Sonnet 127 read in costume by Ben Kingsley, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr A L Rowse who expounds his theory about the identity of the Dark Lady. The sonnet is then performed again in light of...

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Edmund Kean (1983 Television)

aka: Kean

Director

Michael Fitzgerald (2); Alison Sutcliffe

Producer

Michael Fitzgerald (2)

Televised version of the one-man stage show on the life of Edmund Kean written by Raymond Fitzsimmons and performed by Ben Kingsley. Directed by Alison Sutcliffe for stage and for television by Michael...

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Lady of Shallot, The (2009)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 43 minutes)

In celebration of the 2009 bicentenary of the birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) WAG Screen made this short, filmed dramatisation of the poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’. Inspiration for the visual...

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Hamlet (1976 Audio)

Director

Buzz Goodbody

Live sound recording of Buzz Goodbody’s staging of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Ben Kingsley in the title role.

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