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King Arthur (1995 Video)

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. VHS. col. 212 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance co-produced by the Théâtre du Ch‚telet and the Thé‚tre de Caen of ‘King Arthur’, a semi-opera with music by Henry Purcell and libretto by John...

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All for Love or, The World Well Lost (1937 Radio)

Producer

Peter Creswell

Radio version of Dryden’s play of the same name (1678). Based on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Dryden’s blank verse take on the story focuses on the clash between the personal and political. In...

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Dryden’s ‘Macflecknoe’: An Appreciation (1976 Audio)

Director

N.C. Collins

Producer

N.C. Collins

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette.

Professor Brooks considers the origin of the satire and the choice of Flecknoe for the attack upon Shadwell. He then examines the central concept of the poem, its special qualities as a specimen of the...

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Augustan Poets, The (1999 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £16.90

Introduces the work of the Augustan poets, concentrating on Pope and Dryden and includes readings and reconstructions to place the poets and their work in context. Examines themes such as bitterness,...

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All for Love, Or, The World Well Lost (1948 Radio)

aka: Tragedy by John Dryden, A

Producer

Peter Watts

Radio version of Dryden’s play (written in imitation of Shakespeare’s style) produced for radio by Peter Watts. Based on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Dryden’s blank verse take on the story...

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Visitor to Dorset Garden, A (1953 Radio)

Series

Discoveries in Shakespeare

Producer

Rayner Heppenstall

Radio broadcast. First of a series of four brief ‘Discoveries’ investigating in a "free-mingling of recorded and imagined utterance" the theory that "much in Shakespeare criticism may have first emerged...

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All for Love (1979 Radio)

Series

Play of the Week (BBC World Service)

Director

Dickon Reed

A World Service radio adaptation of John Dryden’s Restoration version of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra directed by Dickon Reed. With Emrys James and June Tobin in the title roles. No further...

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All for Love (1960 Radio)

Series

Restoration Drama

Producer

R. D. Smith

Radio adaptation of John Dryden’s Restoration version of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra produced by R. D. Smith . With Leo McKern and Valerie Hanson in the lead and members of the BBC Drama Repertory...

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Shakespeare Scholarship (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 65

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss some of the scholars who have written about Shakespeare and his work. This includes: Francis Meres, John Weever, Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Alexander...

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Tempest, The; Or, The Enchanted Island (1950 Radio)

Producer

Douglas Cleverdon

Radio version of the Davenant/Dryden/Shadwell adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest for which Henry Purcell wrote the music in 1695. With Robert Harris as Prospero. Constant Lambert conducts the Covent...

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