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  1. English Garden, The. Part 3: A Temple in the Grove (1725-1755) (1980 Video)

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

    The invention of the sunken fence or ‘ha-ha’ set designers free to harmonise the surrounding countryside with the garden, while loosening up the regularity of previous gardens. Locations include a...

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  2. English Garden, The. Part 4: The Lake in the Landscape (1775-1785) (1980 Video)

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

    Under the reign of George III there was a revival of interest in English gothic with mock castles and ruins becoming the central feature for many landscape gardens. Buildings such as follies and treehouses...

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  3. English Garden, The. Part 5: The Picturesque Paradise (1785-1840) (1980 Video)

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

    After the death of Capability Brown in 1783, Humphrey Repton became recognised as his natural successor and used visible terraces and flowers to decorate the landscape. However, both Brown and Repton were...

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  4. English Garden, The. Part 6: Perfectly Dazzling (1840-1914) (1980 Video)

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

    With the variety and growth of suburban gardens, a gardener could create his own make-believe world, and with Chinese, Egyptian, rhododendron and rock gardens, and this is what he did. The surrounding...

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  5. English Garden, The. Part 7: Technicolour and Technology (1914-) (1980 Video)

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

    After World War I loss of confidence set in. Ideas were adapted from the past and people became more immediately concerned with collecting as many species and hybrids as possible. Immediacy was all and...

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  6. Shakespeare and His Stage: Approaches to Hamlet (1975 Video)

    Director
    Daniel Seltzer; Harold Mantell
    Producer
    Harold Mantell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution (2006)

    Educational videotape. Attempts to recreate the Elizabethan theatre through the staging of scenes from Hamlet. Contrasts styles of playing with excerpts from performances by Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud,...

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  7. Othello (Audio 1) (1964 Audio)

    Director
    Michael Benthall
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution (2006), Audiocassette. 60 min., 1997 sale: £5.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    A reading of an abridged version of Othello with John Gielgud in the title role and Ralph Richardson as Iago.

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  8. Much Ado About Nothing (Audio-Argo) (1960 Audio)

    Director
    George Rylands
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution (2005), 2 audiocassettes. 120 min., 1998 sale: £7.99 (inclusive)

    Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, with Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud as Beatrice and Benedick.

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  9. Conflict: Richard II (Television)

    aka: Richard II

    Director
    George More O’Ferrall
    Producer
    Donald Carter
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy found (2006)

    Television schools programme. Scenes from Richard II selected and introduction written by Ivor Brown. Presented by John Gielgud. An analysis of the play and enacted scenes.

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  10. Conflict: Othello (Television)

    aka: Othello

    Director
    George More O’Ferrall
    Producer
    Donald Carter
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy found

    Television schools programme in the Drama for Sixth Forms slot. Scenes from Othello introduced by John Gielgud and selected and written by Ivor Brown; an analysis of the play and enacted scenes.

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