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Wilde: Lady Windermere’s Fan and the Importance of Being Earnest

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 80 mins approx), £10.00

Tapes in the Critical Archive series are are designed for those who have read the relevant text and who have it in front of them. Aimed primarily at sixth form and undergraduate students, the cassettes. On...

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Walter Kerr on Theatre (1970 Film, Video)

Drama critic Walter Kerr comments on excerpts from five plays performed by professional actors. He discusses characteristics unique to the live dramatic form by comparing these scenes with segments of film....

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Importance of Being Earnest, The (1995) (1995 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 120 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ by Oscar Wilde at the Old Vic Theatre, London, on 30...

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Importance of Being Earnest, The (Audio) (1960 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 150 min., 2004 sale: £10.99 (+p&p)

A full-cast dramatisation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of being Earnest’, with Geraldine McEwan as Lady Bracknell and Simon Russell Beale as Jack.

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Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952) (2001)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes/ 114 minutes), £9.99 £15.99 (special edition)

Anthony Asquith’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of manners. Set in England during the Victorian era, the story revolves around a pun on the name Ernest.

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Importance of Being Earnest (2002), The (2003)

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £17.99

An adaptation of the comedy by Oscar Wilde, which tells the story of mistaken identity set during the Victorian era. Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing are a pair of bachelors who both have alter egos in...

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Armchair Theatre (1958)

Subject

Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 733 minutes), £11.81

Pioneering, influential and often challenging, Armchair Theatre was ITV’s flagship drama anthology series. Bringing high-quality drama to the viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network’s...

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John Gielgud at the BBC (2000 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 180 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Extracts of John Gielgud’s radio performances, collected from the BBC Archive. Includes ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ with Edith Evans, ‘Arms and the Man’, ‘Richard II’, ‘Measure for...

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Oscar Wilde Collection, The (2005)

Director

Stuart Burge; John Gorrie; Rudolph Cartier

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

Collection of BBC adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s plays. The Importance of Being Earnest (1986) Director: Stuart Burge. ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (1976) Director: John Gorrie Adapted by John Osborne,...

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Essential Oscar Wilde, The (2003)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

A two-disc set comprising classic BBC productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, Lady Windermere’s Fan and a Timewatch programme entitled ‘The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde’.

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