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Death of a Salesman (1985)

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £17.99 (inclusive)

A television recreation of the stage production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 play about the ageing salesman Willy Loman and his growing disillusionment with life.

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Dustin Hoffman and Peter Hall (1989 Television)

Series

South Bank Show, The

Director

Tony Know

Producer

Tony Know

Television arts documentary. Sir Peter Hall rehearses with Dustin Hoffman and other cast members of the Peter Hall Company for the London stage production of The Merchant of Venice. Filmed over one complete...

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Shakespeare Sessions, The (2006 Television)

Director

Oren Jacoby

Producer

Oren Jacoby

US television documentary. John Barton and Peter Hall, co-founders of the Royal Shakespeare Company, give masterclasses in speaking and acting Shakespeare. The actors are those appearing in the 1989 Broadway...

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American Buffalo (1995 Video)

Director

Michael Corrente

Producer

Gregory Mosher

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 83 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

A three-character, single set piece in which a junk shop the owner and his friend scheme to retrieve a valuable American buffalo coin. Adapted by David Mamet from his play ‘American Buffalo’, first...

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A is for Autism (1992)

Director

Tim Webb

Subject

Medical sciences; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 11 minutes), £5.99

Animated documentary focusing on autistic children and adults who relate their experiences of growing up autistic. Based on drawings by people with autism, the medium of animation allows the collaborators to...

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Merchant of Venice, The (1990 Video)

Director

Peter Hall

Video recording of The Peter Hall Company’s production of The Merchant of Venice with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock.

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Shylock (1998 Film)

aka: Shylock for All Seasons

Director

Pierre Lasry

Producer

Kenneth Hirsch

Documentary. A film which contends that hatred of Jews goes back 2,000 years, culminating with the near destruction of European Jewry. Argues that for the last 400 years, Western attitudes towards Jews have...

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Harry and Tonto (1974 Film)

Director

Paul Mazursky

Producer

Paul Mazursky

Feature film. A version of the Lear story displaced to modern America. When Harry, a retired English teacher, is evicted from his apartment he cries out a tirade from King Lear. Like Lear, Harry has three...

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