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  1. National Theatre 50th Anniversary DVD (2014)

    Director
    Adam Low
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 301 minutes), £29.99

    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...

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  2. Hamlet - The Music Video (2008 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Drama

    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...

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  3. Jonathan Miller (2008 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Drama

    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’ (...

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  4. Filth and the Fury, The (1999 Film)

    Director
    Julien Temple
    Producer
    Anita Camarata; Amanda Temple

    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)...

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  5. Souls at Sea (1937 Film)

    Director
    Henry Hathway
    Producer
    Henry Hatahway; Grover Jones; Adolph Zukor

    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...

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  6. Laurence Olivier (Television)

    aka: J’Accuse: Laurence Olivier

    Director
    Jeff Morgan
    Producer
    Jeff Morgan
    Subject
    Drama

    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...

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  7. Music of Lennon and McCartney, The [16/12/1965] (Television)

    Director
    Philip Casson
    Producer
    John Hamp
    Subject
    Music

    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...

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  8. Laurence Olivier 1907-1989: A Tribute (Television)

    Subject
    Drama

    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...

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  9. Kenneth Tynan - In Praise of Hardcore (Television)

    Director
    Chris Durlacher
    Subject
    Drama

    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...

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  10. Actor’s Changing Face: Acting Styles in the 20th Century, The (Television)

    Producer
    Hal Burton
    Subject
    Drama

    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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