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In the Studio of the Hon. Neville Lytton

Date released

4 Aug 1921

Series name

Around The Town

Issue no

88

NoS ID

329935

Story no

2 / 8

Summary - the Hon. Neville Lytton in his studio NoS synopsis: Lead title: Elaborate frame depicting symbols of art, science and literature (e.g. bust of Shakespeare), with the text "Literature, Science, Art,...

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French Classical Literature (1985 Video)

Director

Peter Coltman

Producer

Peter Coltman

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1999 sale: £17.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Attempts to define the classical elements in the works of Corneille, Racine, Molière and la Fontaine and shows that they do not lie in any adherence to a rigid set of rules but rather in a creative tension...

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Shakespeare Translated (1968 Radio)

Hallam Tennyson compares translations of two of Shakespeare’s sonnets in French, Italian, and German Readers: Marius Goring, Jean Negroni, Romolo Valli , and Wolf Frees,

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Anglo-French summit (1989)

Genre

News report

Tim Marshall reports from Paris on an Anglo-French summit which was wide-ranging but went into little detail. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flew in early to view an exhibition of paintings by Paul...

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Media Screen Roundup - June 2013

Date

9 Jul 2013, 10:58

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Of special note in this months’...

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Jalousie du BarbouillÉ, La (1978 Video)

Director

Michael Bowen

Producer

M Poole

Subject

Drama; French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 32 min.

An early Molière farce. The tape is short enough to be shown in a lecture period and illustrates, in particular, Molière’s debt to both native French and Italian comic theatre. This is a companion to...

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18th-Century French Novel, The (1983 Video)

Director

Peter Coltman

Producer

Peter Coltman

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min., 1999 sale: £17.50 (+VAT +p&p)

An account of the novel in 18th-century France, using contemporary illustrations and comments to chart the changes in taste and popularity and the changing attitude of authority to it. Argues that it was not...

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Song of Roland, The (1980 Video)

Producer

Michael Bowen

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 28 min.

Introduces students to the essential story of Roland, Oliver and the battle in the pass of Roncesvals. The events are retold in English with the aid of medieval manuscript illustrations and brief excerpts...

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Farce de MaÓtre Pierre Pathelin, La (1981 Video)

Producer

A Hindley

Subject

Drama; French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 90 min.

Pathelin, a slick town lawyer, tricks an avaricious draper out of a length of cloth, but is in turn outwitted by a wily shepherd. Though frequently performed in adaptations in modern French, this is probably...

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Misanthrope, Le - Act IV Scene 3 (1979 Video)

Director

B Percy

Producer

W Kirton

Subject

Drama; French studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

The letter scene from Molière’s play presented in two ways, first with Alceste as a blusterer playing opposite a genuine Celimène, and next with Alceste as a tragic figure and Celimène as a bitch.

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