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Jonson: ‘Volpone’ And ‘The Alchemist’ (198 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 50 min.

Sir William Empson, University of Sheffield, discusses the two plays by Ben Jonson.

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Tempest, The (2009 Television)

Series

South Bank Show, The

Producer

Paul Tickell

Anthology arts series. Examines why The Tempest, still holds such fascination for modern audiences. Melvyn Bragg investigates the events surrounding the writing of the play, including contemporary interest...

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Short story (1988)

aka: Casting the runes [Part 1 and 2]

M. R. James classic story has been adapted by Stephen Mulrine who has written fifty hours of radio drama, including serials for both ILR and the BBC. Set at Christmas time in the early 1900’s it tells an...

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National Video Archive of Performance

Date

17 Jan 2012, 12:36

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

BUFVC Article

At the end of 2007 the National Video Archive of Performance recorded its 200th stage production. Jill Evans, their Video Archive Producer, provides an overview of their activities. About the Author: Jill...

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Modern Alchemist, The: Earth, The Philosopher’s Stone (2012)

Subject

Chemistry; Geology

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture given by Peter Wothers on the subject of the rocks that form the planet Earth. Wothers takes as his starting point the beliefs and suppositions of the medieval alchemists...

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Joseph Wright of Derby: Images of Science (1987 Video)

Producer

Peter Walton

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks in detail at two paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby: ‘A Lecture on the Orrery’ and ‘The Alchemist’. By an analysis of the content of these works, amd a summary of the art-historical traditions...

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Living Shakespeare: A Year with the RSC (1991 Television)

Series

Omnibus

Director

David Evans (2)

Producer

David Evans (2)

Documentary made to mark the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 30th anniversary and Adrian Noble’s first season as Artistic Director. Follows Company members David Bradley, Barry Lynch, Scott Ransome and...

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Al-Ghazali - The Alchemist of Happiness (2011)

Director

Ovidio Salazar

Producer

Ovidio Salazar

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.95

Born in 1058 in Tus, Khorasan, in present-day Iran, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was one of the most original thinkers the world has known. Besides being a major influence in the Muslim world, the West has also felt...

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Nova: Absolute Zero (2008)

Director

David Dugan

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 112 minutes), $24.95

The epic story of humanity’s struggle to master extreme cold. This Nova special recreates groundbreaking discoveries across four centuries that expanded our knowledge of low temperatures and led ultimately...

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Dreams That Money Can Buy (1946 Video)

Director

Hans Richter

Subject

Art; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

Painter, film theorist and film-maker Hans Richter, one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde, assembled some of the century’s liveliest artists as co-creators for this film,...

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