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Two Medieval Mystery Plays from the York Cycle (1992 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 1993 sale: £15 +p&p

The Carpenters’ play of ‘The Resurrection’ and the Winedrawers’ play ‘Hortulanus’ ('The Gardener’: the appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalen in the Garden), as performed on pageant waggons in...

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Serpent of the Nile, The (1976 Radio)

Series

Cbs Radio Mystery Theatre

Producer

Himan Brown

Syndicated radio drama series. Antony and Cleopatra Adapted for radio by Ian Martin and introduced by E.G. Marshall: the play featured Kevin McCarthy and Lois Nettleton in the title roles.

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Feature Films on British Television in the 1970s

Date

13 Nov 2015, 17:12

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

This is an ‘interim report’ by Dr Sheldon Hall, Sheffield Hallam University, on his long-term project on the history of the showing of feature films on British television, covering virtually the entire...

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Chester ‘Purification and Doctors’, The (1983 Video)

Director

Meg Twycross

Producer

David Blacow; Michael Bowen

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

A television performance of the Chester mystery play. It tells how the aged Simeon is finally convinced by a miracle that Christ will be born of a Virgin, how he at last receives the infant Christ in the...

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Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (1943 Radio)

Series

Suspense

Director

John Deitz

Radio mystery drama series. A mystery story taking place during a Drury Lane production of Macbeth.

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Baldi: Sick Rose (2001 Radio)

aka: Sick Rose

Series

Afternoon Play

Director

Mark Lambert

In this episode of the Irish murder-mystery series created by Barry Devlin, priest-turned-sleuth Paolo Baldi digs around in the murderous world of gardening. The plot is loosely based on King Lear, with...

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Rideau Rouge, Le (1952 Film)

aka: Crimson Curtain, The

Director

André Barsacq

Producer

Paul Cadeac

Feature film. Murder mystery amidst a provincial stage production of Macbeth. The characters believe that the deaths, including that of the director, are a result of the curse of ‘the Scottish play’ but...

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Crossroads: Shakespeare in Southampton (2004 Radio)

aka: Shakespeare in Southampton

Series

Saturday Play, The

Director

Marilyn Imrie

Radio drama. An inveterate crossword-puzzle solver Stephen Cress (Palmer) and his wife Penny (Wendy Craig), with a little help from their dog, unravel the mystery of a missing Shakespeare manuscript....

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Shakespeare Mystery, The (1989 Television, Video)

aka: Midsummer Night’s Mystery, A

Series

First Tuesday

Director

Kevin Sim

Producer

Kevin Sim

Documentary on the authorship of Shakespeare’s play, concentrating on Edward de Vere as one of the likeliest alternative authors. Charlton Ogburn, Enoch Powell and Charles Vere, Earl of Burford argue...

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Mystery of Charles Dickens, The (2002)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 90 minutes), £16.99 (inclusive)

A recording of Simon Callow’s one-man show at the Albery Theatre, London, which ran from 2000 to 2002. The play was written by Peter Ackroyd. As well as recreating scenes from Dickens’ novels, Ackroyd...

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