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T S Eliot (1888-1965) (1992 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £28.20 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Dr Barry Spurr of the University of Sydney traces the influences on T S Eliot’s poetry from Eliot’s early years and continues through his turbulent career. Includes readings from Eliot’ poetry.

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Hamlet and His Problems (2003 Film)

Director

Allison L. LiCalsi

Producer

Ralph Toporoff

Independent short. Stephen Linton is a classically trained stage actor who has made the transition to Hollywood stardom. His fame has made him plenty of money but his poor choice of roles has brought him...

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Grierson documentary awards

Date

3 Nov 2010, 18:25

Author

Cathy Grant

Post Type

Post

The winners of this year's prestigious Grierson Documentary Awards have just been announced. To catch up with them on DVD via our Find DVDs database or order copies through the BUFVC's Off-air Service see...

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T S Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’: A Poem of Hope (1973 Audio)

Director

N.C. Collins

Producer

N.C. Collins

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 60 min.

Professor Harold Brooks questions those views which see Eliot’s poem as one of despair and horror. He indicates the three main planes on which Eliot handles his criticism of modern society, and takes the...

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Family Reunion, The (4 Parts) (1977 Audio)

Director

N.C. Collins

Producer

N.C. Collins

Subject

Drama

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 40, 53, 42, 52 min.

Tape 1: Professor Harold Brooks surveys the influences on and antecedents of Eliot’s drama of religious experience. Tape 2 treats the character groupings of the play, and describes the story from three...

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What was Modernism? (1991 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

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

Explores the concept of modernism in relation to T S Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’ and Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’. Looks first at poetry and then the same areas in the novel. The language of...

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George Barker: The Spoken Word (2008)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 72 minutes), £9.70

T.S. Eliot described George Barker as a genius, and W.B. Yeats compared his rhythmic invention to that of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Drawing primarily on previously unpublished BBC broadcasts spanning the years...

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Falstaff the Tavern Knight (1923 Film)

aka: John Falstaff

Series

Gems of Literature

Director

Edwin Greenwood

Producer

Edward Godal

Silent fiction film. Abbreviated version of the The Merry Wives of Windsor concentrating on the basket scene.

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American Poets: The Spoken Word (2010)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 210 minutes), £20.00

This three CD set is a companion to the British Poets compilation. Around 30 poets are included, from Gertrude Stein, born in 1874, to Amiri Baraka, born in 1934. The 20th century was a time of enormous...

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Macbeth, King of Scotland (1939 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

A radio sequence of the play arranged for broadcasting by C. Denis Freeman. Starring Godfrey Tearle and Cathleen Nesbitt as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

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