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French Lieutenant’s Woman, The (1981)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 125 mins), £12.99

Film adaptation of John Fowles’ post-modern classic, adapted by Harold Pinter and starring Meryl Street and Jeremy Irons.

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Richard II (1987 Radio)

Series

RSC in Repertoire

Producer

M. Corwin

Radio documentary series presented by Linda Cookson. Directors, designers and leading actors discuss the planning and staging of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s current stage production of Richard II. The...

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Muse of Fire, A (1984 Television)

Series

All the World’s a Stage

Producer

Harry Hastings

13-part television documentary series on the history of theatre, written and presented by Ronald Harwood. Episode 5, A MUSE OF FIRE, looks at the roots and background to Shakespeare’s theatre. Includes...

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Waterland (1992)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 95 minutes), $10.00

Adaptation of Graham Swift’s novel about a history teacher starring Jeremy Irons. NB This title is currently only available in America (on NTSC video) and can thus only be purchased by individuals for...

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Beckett on Film (2005)

Director

Atom Egoyan; Damien Hirst; Neil Jordan; Conor McPherson; Damien O’Donnell; David Mamet; Anthony Minghella

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 647 minutes), £59.00

This box set contains four DVDs featuring 19 film adaptations of Samuel Beckett’s plays by 19 directors, a documentary on the making of the films, interviews with the directors, an interview with John Hurt...

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Richard II (1986 Video)

Director

Barry Kyle

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Richard II. Directed by Barry Kyle with Jeremy Irons as Richard.

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William Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ (2005 Film)

aka: Merchant of Venice, The

Producer

Cary Brokaw; Barry Navidi; Jason Piette

Shakespeare adaptation directed by Michael Radford, with Jeremy Irons as Antonio and Al Pacino as Shylock.

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Merchant of Venice, The (2005 Television)

Director

Dirk Campbell; Paul Roseby; Lubna Malik

Producer

Julie Ardrey

A BBC schools programme broadcast about Tom Stoppard’s abridged version of the play which was performed by the National Youth Theatre at the Royal Opera House in London. The televised recording of the...

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Longitude (2000 Video)

Director

Charles Sturridge

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 198 minutes), £12.99

Adaptation of the Daba Sobel book telling the story of 18th-century clockmaker John Harrison’s attempts to build a chronometer, and the parallel story of Rupert Gould, who in the late 19th century...

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Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare Through the Lens (2005 Video)

Director

Michael Gillis

Producer

Michael Gillis

Documentary about the making of Michael Radford’s film WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004). The documentary is included as an extra on the DVD of the feature film.

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