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O’Casey and Expressionism (1988 Multimedia)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

out of distribution, 50 slides. b&w/col.

Discusses Sean O’Casey’s work from the heightened realism of the Dublin trilogy through a highly individual form of expressionism in the middle period, to the celebratory theatre of the later fantasy plays.

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David Hockney on Modern Art: An Interview with Melvyn Bragg (1981)

Director

David Rowan

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £50.00

A studio discussion in which David Hockney offers a personal account of the development of modern art in the 20th century and defends its frequent divergence from ‘photographic ' realism. He traces the...

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Shooting for Realism with Allen Daviau and Sacha Vierny (1994 Video)

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1995 sale: £33.00 (inclusive)

Cinematographers Allen Daviau and Sacha Viernay approach the workshops from two different cultures and sets of filmic traditions. Daviau creates a series of intricate lighting set-ups, and Vierny experiments...

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Malcolm Bradbury Talks on the Creative Process and His Own Work (1978 Audio)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 80 min.

Side 1: Malcolm Bradbury discusses the divergent interests of, and relationship between, writers, the reading public and critics. He outlines the development of the English novel since 1945 considering the...

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Rome, Open City (1993)

aka: Roma Citta Aperta

Subject

History; Italian studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £15.99

Often seen as the true beginning of neo-realism with its documentary-style imagery and the authenticity of its performances, Rossellini’s classic tells the story of resistance under German occupation....

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Exploration of the Theme of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, An: With Wilful Choler (1962 Television)

aka: With Wilful Choler

Series

For Schools

Director

Prudence Nesbitt

Television schools programme. Contrasts the idealism of the lovers with the realism expressed and demonstrated by other characters in the play.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2009)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an alliterative poem which was written in the late fourteenth century by an anonymous poet. Simon Armitage presents this programme which goes on the trail of the Gawain...

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Giotto: The Arena Chapel (1995 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Giotto’s fresco decorative scheme for the Arena Chapel in Padua is considered to be one of the cornerstones of western art. Professor Charles Harrison investigates this commission by Enrico Scrovegni and...

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Romeo and Juliet (1970 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Audiotapes

Director

Peter James

Nigel Alexander, University of Nottingham, and Nicholas Brooke, University of East Anglia, discuss the complexities of what is often considered as a straightforward ‘romantic’ tragedy. This play...

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Chekhov in Performance in Russia and Soviet Russia (1984 Multimedia)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Out of distribution, 50 slides. b&w/col.

A chronological survey of Chekhov in performance in the Russian theatre from the first production of ‘The Seagull’ at the Imperial Alexandrinsky Theatre in 1896, the premieres at the Moscow Arts Theatre,...

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