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Land Short of People

Date released

Nov 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

15

NoS ID

347019

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: A survey of Australia’s growth and the problems still facing the new nation. Contains a plea for new immigrants to develop Australian resources.

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Man for All Seasons, A (1966)

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Producer

Fred Zinnemann

Subject

Drama; History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £19.99

A film based on Robert Bolt’s play about Sir Thomas More’s personal conflict when King Henry VIII asks his support in breaking with Rome and forming the Church of England.

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Peines d’Amour Perdues (1969 Radio)

aka: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Series

Sur Toutes les Scènes du Monde

Director

Rogert Citerne

French language radio production of Love’s Labour’s Lost directed by Rogert Citerne and adapted for radio by Ester Martel from a translation by François-Victor Hugo. Role names unknown (4/2008).

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Homes for All

Date released

Sep 1946

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346924

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: BRITAIN’S HOUSING PROBLEMS, AND THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT’S HOUSING PROGRAMME explained. Stresses the present plight of Britain’s homeless, traces the causes, and points the way to solution....

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The British - Are They Artistic?

Date released

Feb 1948

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

16

NoS ID

347021

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: A discussion of the cultural life of Britain and the people’s reaction to drama and the arts. Features George Bernard Shaw, Myra Hess, Norman Collins, Charles B. Cochran, and Robert Donat.

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Robert Rauschenberg: Man at Work (1997)

Director

Chris Granlund

Producer

Andrea Miller

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 59 minutes), £17.99

Explores the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg at the time of a major retrospective of his work at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1997. His huge autobiographical work, ‘The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong...

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Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde (1981) (1981)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

Robert Louis Stevenson’s chilling exploration into the good versus evil side of human nature was brought dramatically to the screen in this classic BBC adaptation. David Hemmings stars as the virtuous Dr...

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Comedy of Errors, The (1996 Video)

Director

Tim Supple

Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1996 modern dress, touring production of The Comedy of Errors. Directed by Tim Supple with Roger Bowman as Antipholus of...

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King Lear (1961 Audio)

Series

Spoken Word

Director

Hilton Edwards

A spoken word recording of King Lear by the Dublin Gate Players directed by Hilton Edwards with Anew McMaster in the title role.

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As You Like It (2000 Video)

Director

Jennifer Nelson

A video recording of Jennifer Nelson’s hip-hop inspired production of As You Like It performed by the Washington Shakespeare Company and the African Continuum Theatre Company (ACTCo). Videotaped for WAPAVA...

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