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  1. Cranford (2008)

    Director
    Sue Birtwistle; Susie Conkin
    Subject
    Drama; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

    A television adaptation of three Elizabeth Gaskell novels: ‘Cranford’, ‘My Lady Ludlow’, and ‘Mr Harrison’s Confessions’ the story follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives...

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  2. Bunch of Amateurs, A (2008 Film)

    Director
    Andy Cadiff
    Producer
    David Parfitt
    Distribution
    No distributor known (4/2009).

    Feature film comedy. Ageing Hollywood star (Burt Reynolds) signs up to play the title role in King Lear in Britain to revive his flagging career. He believes the role is part of a Royal Shakespeare Company...

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  3. Shakespeare in Love (1998 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Madden
    Producer
    David Parfitt; Harvey Weinstein; Marc Norman; Edward Zwick; Donna Gigliotti
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    DVD

    Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in...

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  4. Twelfth Night (1996) (1996 Film)

    Director
    Trevor Nunn
    Producer
    Stephen Evans; David Parfitt
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £5.64

    An intelligent and meditative interpretation emphasising class distinctions and sexual confusion, which ‘has dated better than most...and which captures the shadowy magic of the play well’ (The Guardian...

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  5. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (1993 Film, Video)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    David Parfitt
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 104 minutes), £7.01

    Lavish and festive feature film adaptation of the play set in Tuscany and using a British and pan-American cast. Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation is ‘full of sunny high spirits and still terrific fun to...

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  6. Roots (1992 Video)

    Director
    Simon Curtis
    Producer
    Simon Curtis
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 105 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A television version of Arnold Wesker’s play, written in 1959, about the liberating power of education and the awakening of self-identity. Set in the feudal farming community of 1950s’ Norfolk, Beattie...

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  7. Comrades (1986)

    Director
    Bill Douglas
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 175 minutes), £22.99

    Bill Douglas’s historical drama depicts the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs: six agricultural labourers from Dorset who were transported to Australia for swearing an unlawful oath, as they gathered together...

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  8. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2005) (Television, Video)

    aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold

    Director
    Ed Fraiman
    Producer
    Pier Wilkie
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes ), £19.99

    A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. The comedy is transferred to the Dream Park holiday centre where Theo and Polly have come to celebrate their daughter’s...

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