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Stephen Spender with Al Alvarez (1986 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Al Alvarez interviews Stephen Spender on his own work and ideas about poetry, as well as his close friendship with W H Auden. The discussion also considers general issues such as the poet’s place in...

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Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea (1983 Television, Video)

Series

Sonnets of Shakespeare

Sonnet 65 read in costume by Jane Lapotaire, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Stephen Spender. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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Hugh Lunghi on the Index on Censorship (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Hugh Lunghi of the Index on Censorship, about the origins of the index and its role today. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.

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Winter’s Tale, The (1980 Television, Video)

Series

Shakespeare in Perspective

Director

Barbara Derkow; David Wilson

Producer

Victor Poole

A personal view of the play presented by Stephen Spender. The series aims to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the plays by placing them in their social and historical context and by...

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Society and Literature in the 1930s for Schools (197)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. This discussion is between Stephen Spender, C. Connelly, A. Kettle and David Daiches.

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Society and Literature in the 1930s for Universities (197)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. This discussion is between Stephen Spender, C. Connelly, A. Kettle, L. Lerner, T. Harrison and David...

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Left and Write: Recalling the 30s (1991 Video)

Producer

Betty Talks

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at how writers, poets and film-makers looked outwards from England to a wider European perspective in the 1930s. Julian Symons, Stephen Spender and Naomi Mitchison look back at how it felt to be a...

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Meeting in Valladolid, A (1991 Radio)

Director

Walter Acosta

Radio play by Anthony Burgess based on his short story of the same name. The story tells of a meeting between Shakespeare and Cervantes while the King’s Men entertain at an Anglo-Spanish peace conference...

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