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  1. Tragedy of King Lear, The (1999 Audio, Radio)

    aka: King Lear

    Director
    John Juliani
    Producer
    John Juliani
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of distribution (1/2008)

    A radio broadcast for CBC. Directed for stage by John Juliani and adapted by Michael Cook, with John Colicos as Lear.

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  2. Loot (1970 Film, Video)

    Director
    Silvio Narizzano
    Producer
    Arthur Lewis
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A frantic black farce adapted by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson from Joe Orton’s stage play. Set in England, a crook hides his mother’s body and uses the coffin to carry the proceeds of a robbery.

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  3. Romeo and Juliet (1968) (1968 Film, Video)

    Director
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Producer
    John Brabourne; Anthony Havelock-Allan
    Subject
    Dance; Drama; Shakespeare; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A feature film adaptation, much cut, and aimed at a mainstream, young audience. Beautifully photographed and costumed, the film was a huge box office success and a forerunner of the ‘teen movie’.

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  4. Taming of the Shrew, The (1967) (1967 Film, Video)

    Director
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Producer
    Franco Zeffirelli; Richard Burton; Elizabeth Taylor
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), £3.99

    Feature film version of the play. A bawdy and boisterous production, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, which reduces the play to the Katharina/Petruccio romance

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  5. Othello (1965) (1965 Film)

    Director
    Stuart Burge
    Producer
    John Brabourne; Anthony Havelock-Allan
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 170 minutes), £18.99

    A recording of the National Theatre production, directed by John Dexter, restyled somewhat for film, but retaining much of its ‘staginess’, Olivier doing little to adapt his towering and extravagant...

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