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  1. Pentecost (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 165 min.

    Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘Pentecost’ by David Edgar at the Young Vic Theatre, London, on 28 September 1995. Directed by Michael Attenborough, designer Robert Jones.

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  2. Citizen Locke (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Drama; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Story of John Locke, whose abstract ruminations on knowledge developed into concepts which justified and helped to bring about a political revolution. Locke spent most of his life denying authorship of his...

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  3. Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Part 2 (1982 Television)

    Director
    Jim Goddard; Trevor Nunn; John Caird
    Producer
    Colin Callender
    Subject
    Drama

    Television version of the highly acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company 1980 stage production directed for stage by Trevor Nunn and John Caird and adapted by David Edgar from Dickens’ novel. This episode...

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  4. Destiny (1978 Video)

    Director
    Mike Newell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 105 min.

    The play by David Edgar. The death of a Conservative MP causes a bye-election.

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  5. Henry VIII (Video)

    Director
    Howard Davies; David Edgar
    Subject
    Drama

    Video recording, using a single, fixed, camera, of the 1983 Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Henry VIII. Directed by Howard Davies and David Edgar with Richard Griffiths as Henry VIII and John...

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  6. First Night Impressions. Part 1: Royal Shakespeare Company (Radio)

    Producer
    Jonathan James-Moore
    Subject
    Drama

    A six-part radio series in which Robert Cushman presents his views of the British theatre between 1973-1984 when he was drama critic on The Observer. Episode one concentrates on the work of the Royal...

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  7. This England (Television)

    Director
    Ashley Gething
    Producer
    Charlotte Sacher
    Subject
    Drama; History

    Two-part documentary in which Simon Schama argues that to understand Shakespeare we must understand how he was of his time. This episode concentrates on Henry IV and Henry VI and especially the character of...

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  8. Hollow Crowns (Television)

    Director
    Ashley Gething
    Producer
    Charlotte Sacher
    Subject
    Drama; History

    Documentary. Simon Schama concludes his two-part documentary looking at Shakespeare’s attitudes towards kingship. The programmes focuses on Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Henry V and Richard II. Includes...

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  9. Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (Television)

    Director
    Philippa Lowthorpe
    Producer
    David Edgar (2)
    Subject
    Drama

    Television drama about the Regency dandy Beau Brummell focusing on his relationship with the Prince Regent. There are Shakespeare references throughout especially in two short scenes in which the Prince asks...

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