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  1. Muse of Fire (2013 Film)

    Director
    Dan Poole; Giles Terera
    Producer
    Giles Terera; Dan Poole
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 148 mins.), £17.99

    Independent and self-funded documentary. Actors/directors Dan Poole and Giles Terera travel the world asking actors, directors, students and the public about their experiences of Shakespeare.

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  2. What You Will (2012 Film)

    Director
    Simon Reade
    Producer
    Simon Reade; Guy de Beaujeu

    A feature-length drama ‘mockumentary’ that follows a dysfunctional and anarchic theatre company as it tours the West country with its critically acclaimed production of Twelfth Night. Features...

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  3. Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2012 Video)

    Director
    John Wyver
    Producer
    Max Whitby; Henry Volaris
    Subject
    Literature; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    Released alongside an edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets for the Apple iPad, the DVD features specially filmed performances of all 154 sonnets by a cast of actors which includes Fiona Shaw, Patrick Stewart,...

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  4. Breaking the Mould (2009)

    Director
    Peter Hoar
    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    Breaking the Mould tells the story behind the discovery of penicillin and the forgotten people involved. A revealing, poignant and witty character driven account of a scientific miracle. September 1943....

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  5. 300 (2007)

    Director
    Zack Snyder
    Subject
    Classical studies; Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £22.99; £25.99 (HD version)

    Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 uses a blend of live-action and CGI animation to recount the ancient battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death...

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  6. William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) (1999 Film)

    aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

    Director
    Michael Hoffman
    Producer
    Michael Hoffman; Leslie Urdang
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £9.99

    Film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set in Tuscany in the 1890s.

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  7. Richard III (1996) (1995 Film, Video)

    Director
    Richard Loncraine
    Producer
    Lisa Katselas Pare; Stephen Bayly
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Film version of Shakespeare’s play derived from Richard Eyre’s National Theatre production. Set in a context of 1930s’ fascism, where Mosley’s troops have taken power.

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  8. Spirit World, The (Radio)

    Producer
    Tim Prosser
    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the theme of the spirit world. The programme includes an excerpt from Verdi’s Macbeth. Dominic West’s reading of the Apparition Scene...

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  9. Lenny Henry - Finding Shakespeare (Television)

    Director
    Elizabeth Dobson
    Subject
    Drama

    Documentary. Lenny Henry tells how a comedian had a burning ambition to act in Shakespeare’s plays. There are brief extracts (rehearsal and performance) of Henry in Othello (Rutter’s 2009 production) and...

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