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A 2 disc DVD of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which contains the ‘50 Years on Stage’ live gala performance and the two part Arena documentary on the history of the National...
Mashup. A parody of Olivier’s HAMLET (1948) and the plot of the play. Scottish folksinger Adam McNaughton’s song ‘Oor Hamlet’ outlines the main plot points of Hamlet, gently highlighting its...
Jonathan Miller talks about his life and work. The video is divided into 48 segments (or stories) of about 4 minutes each. In Section 27 "The Good Doctor Has to Be Different’: Directing Shakespeare’ (...
Documentary film on the punk band, The Sex Pistols, narrated primarily in voiceover from band members. They discuss how and why it all happened and how far their manager, Malcolm McLaren, (not interviewed)...
Action adventure film, starring Gary Cooper, about the slave trade on the high seas in 1842. In The Great Hamlets, an educational video of interviews with famous actors and directors of Hamlet, made in 1985...
Television polemic. Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier’s position as the pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, arguing that his performances are all show and no substance. This belief is compromised by...
Television show in which Paul McCartney and John Lennon were joined by a number of artists, each giving their versions of Beatles’ songs. There is a comic tour de force from Peter Sellers, intoning ‘A...
Television arts programme. A tribute to Laurence Olivier, broadcast on the day of his funeral. A somewhat hastily assembled miscellany of clips and critical assessments. The deepest insight comes in part...
Television drama-documentary. Recounts how theatre critic and National Theatre dramaturg, Kenneth Tynan, protested against the theatre’s prudish attitude to sex with his erotic revue Oh, Calcutta. Julian...
Television arts series introduced by Sheridan Morley. John Gielgud, Dame Edith Evans, Vanessa Redgrave and Donald Sinden discuss the ways in which acting has changed in the last hundred years. There is an...
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