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  1. Richard III (1955) (1955 Film)

    Director
    Laurence Olivier
    Producer
    Laurence Olivier
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 mins (W) 158 mins + extras ( N)), £3.15

    What makes this ‘gloriously watchable, now as then, is Oliver’s effortlessly virtuosic performance as Richard: imperious, ironic, bruttish, sometimes hysterical and never less than smirkingly...

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  2. Shakespeare in Hollywood (1950 Audio)

    Subject
    Drama

    Eight sound discs. A compendium of the 60-minute Columbia Shakespeare Cycle of plays broadcast in 1937 starring leading Hollywood actors. Narrated by Conway Turo.

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  3. Winslow Boy, The (1948)

    Director
    Anthony Asquith
    Producer
    Teddy Baird; Anatole de Grunwald
    Subject
    Drama; Film studies; Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £15.99

    A courtroom drama adapted from Terence Rattigan’s play ‘The Winslow Boy’, based on a true story. Follows a father’s struggle in the face of bankruptcy and personal ruin for justice for his son, a...

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  4. Things to Come (1936 Film)

    Director
    William Cameron Menzies
    Producer
    Alexander Korda
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. Forecasts that World War II would cause the collapse of civilisation to be replaced by a life of Arcadian simplicity. Science takes over with an invention of a ‘space gun’ which shoots...

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  5. Peg of Old Drury (1935 Film)

    Director
    Herbert Wilcox

    Feature film based on the life of the eighteenth-century actress Peg Woffington. Born in Dublin, she came to London and became a famous actress under David Garrick’s guidance. She suffered from a weak...

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  6. Merchant of Venice, The (Radio)

    Director
    Charles Warburton
    Subject
    Drama

    CBC Radio drama. Scenes from The Merchant of Venice directed and adapted for radio by Charles Warburton.

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  7. Twelfh Night (Radio)

    Producer
    Brewster Morgan
    Subject
    Drama

    A CBS radio version of Twelfth Night with Tallulah Bankhead as Viola and Orson Welles as Orsino. Narrated by Conway Tearle.

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  8. Julius Caesar (Radio)

    Director
    Blevins Davis
    Subject
    Drama

    Radio broadcast of The Tempest with Jessica Tandy as Miranda and Cedric Hardwicke as Prospero. Narrated by William S. Rainey.

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  9. Schools: The Drama - 6 (Radio)

    aka: Schools: The Drama

    Producer
    Cedric Hardwicke
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Sixth and last in a series of broadcasts to schools. A dramatic interpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, this episode is produced by Cedrick Hardwicke and is performed by Douglas Jefferies, Abraham...

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