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Third Front, The: Erwin Piscator: Political Theatre (1978 Film, Video)

Director

Peter Wyeth

Producer

Margaret Williams

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Erwin Piscator’s work in the 1920s moved theatre away from the confines of domestic drama to the play of forces in world politics. To equip the stage for the ‘epic’ approach, he employed a whole range...

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Lear Király (1991 Video)

aka: King Lear

Director

Imre Kerényi

Video recording of King Lear directed by Imre Kerényi for the Madách Theater, Budapest with Péter Huszti as Lear. No other cast members known (10/2008).

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John Barron on VAT in theatres (1979)

Genre

Interview

Bob Holness interviews actor and Equity President, John Barron, on a protest in London against the Government’s implementation of VAT on theatre tickets and the theatre in general. (Broadcast on the AM...

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Learning on Screen Awards 2011 winners announced

Date

25 Mar 2011, 16:30

Author

Sarah Allen

Post Type

Post

The 2011 Learning on Screen Awards was held at the BFI Southbank (National Film Theatre), London on the 24th March. The Awards Ceremony was presented by Michael Cockerell, the BBC political documentary...

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Funding for the arts (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with National Theatre director Sir Peter Hall on his call for more Government investment in the arts and less political wrangling over where the money should go. He also comments on the Arts...

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Augusto Boal in Belfast

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 70 minutes), £20.00

Follows the Brazilian theatre director, writer and political activist Augusto Boal as he is taken on a whirlwind tour sampling Belfast life with all its contradictions, humour, and political diatribe spiced...

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Hayes on Sunday (1979)

Genre

Interview; Talk show

Brian Hayes revisits the week’s shows and interviews with guests: David Owen, MP on conference on Zimbabwe Rhodesia; Andre Brink, author, on censorship in South Africa; Ian McKellen, actor, on live...

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Richard Eyre and Ion Caramitru: National Theatre? (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. S-VHS. col. ? min.

A discussion on European theatre recorded at the Gate theatre in London, on 6 March 1996 as part of the Gate Biennale, a celebration of contemporary European theatre. Karen Johnson of the Directors Guild of...

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Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed (1983)

aka: Como Querem Beber Agua

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), £105.00

In 1994 Ronaldo Morelos spent 5 months in Rio de Janeiro, observing and documenting the work of Augusto Boal and the Centro de Teatro do Oprimido. This was the time of the Brazilian national elections. It...

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Gone but Not Forgotten (1993 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Looks at issues surrounding political killings and ‘disappearances’, featuring a theatre group from the Philippines comprising children whose parents have been ‘disappeared’. Includes interviews on...

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