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  1. Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea (1983 Television, Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 65 read in costume by Jane Lapotaire, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Stephen Spender. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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  2. Some Glory in Their Birth, Some in Their Skill (1983 Television, Video)

    Director
    Roy Strong
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 91 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Sir Roy Strong. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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  3. Spanish Civil War, The (6 Parts) (1983 Video)

    Producer
    John Blake; David Hart; David Kemp
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 52 min.

    An objective account of the Spanish civil war, setting out to explain the complicated political situation in Spain at the time - the complexity of a war which was fought simultaneously on many fronts - and...

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  4. They That Have Power to Hurt, And Will Do None (1983 Television, Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 94 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by John Mortimer. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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  5. Tired with All These, For Restful Death I Cry (1983 Television, Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 66 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Arnold Wesker. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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  6. Two Loves I Have of Comfort and Despair (1983 Audio, Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 144 read in costume by John Hurt, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Professor Leslie Fiedler who sees the poem as the key to understanding the whole cycle. The sonnet is then performed again...

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  7. What is Your Substance, Whereof Are You Made? (1983 Television, Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 53 read in costume by Simon Callow, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr Nicholas Humphrey. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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  8. When I Have Seen by Times’s Fell Hand Defaced (1983 Television, Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Out of UK Distribution (2006), Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Sonnet 64 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Gore Vidal. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.

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  9. English Garden, The. Part 1: A Tapestry of Herbs and Roses (To 1660) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    The story of great gardens in England and Wales from Roman times to the 1980s. This programme opens with Sir John Gielgud in the Jubilee Gardens, London, remarking that the English garden often reflected the...

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  10. English Garden, The. Part 2: A Pattern for Pleasure (1660-1725) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Looks at the influence of Dutch, French and Italian styles after the Restoration. Walls of trees and hedges became the vogue as did the use of statues and terracing. There was much interest in exotic plants...

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