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  1. Jonathan Miller (2008 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Drama

    Jonathan Miller talks about his life and work. The video is divided into 48 segments (or stories) of about 4 minutes each. In Section 27 "The Good Doctor Has to Be Different’: Directing Shakespeare’ (...

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  2. Wto Battle of Seattle (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Jonathan Miller
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2001 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Looks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting held in late 1999 in Seattle from the point of view of a possible beginning of a new international poitics: the opponents of globalisation massed in one of...

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  3. William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama (1999 Television, Video)

    Director
    Rebecca Jones
    Producer
    Rebecca Jones
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min., 2004 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    A biography of Shakespeare. Details the major themes in his life and the development of his career in the London theatre. Includes readings by Germaine Greer and Edward Petherbridge of several sonnets and...

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  4. On Reflection: Jonathan Miller (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Four short programmes in which Jonathan Miller draws on geometry and perception to look at how artists use reflections and mirrors in their paintings. He explores not only how artists have found the...

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  5. Shylock (1998 Film)

    aka: Shylock for All Seasons

    Director
    Pierre Lasry
    Producer
    Kenneth Hirsch
    Subject
    Drama

    Documentary. A film which contends that hatred of Jews goes back 2,000 years, culminating with the near destruction of European Jewry. Argues that for the last 400 years, Western attitudes towards Jews have...

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  6. Midsummer Night’s Dream: What to Make of Magic, A (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Drama

    Educational videotape. What do fairies look like? How can magic be staged meaningfully in modern theatre? The programme presents scenes from several filmed versions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that show...

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  7. Voices of Victorian Britain (1996 Video)

    Director
    Jonathan Miller
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Presents a picture of Victorian London, based on a research conducted by the Victorian journalist and founder of ‘Punch’ Henry Mayhew. He accurately transcribed interviews with a wide range of working...

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  8. Europlay, The: Is Text on Its Deathbed? (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. SVHS. col. ? min.

    A discussion on European theatre recorded at the Gate theatre in London, on 13 February 1996 as part of the Gate Biennale, a celebration of contemporary European theatre. Karen Johnson of the Directors Guild...

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  9. Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence (1996 Video)

    Director
    Michael Gill
    Producer
    Michael Gill
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), £19.30

    Looks at the social, political and scientific context in which Jan Vermeer lived and worked and explains his techniques and his exploratory process of pictorial composition. Academics including Dr Jonathan...

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  10. Pathology: The Hidden Science That’s Saving Lives (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Alec Hall-Shaw
    Subject
    Education; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min.

    An overview of the wide range of activities that come under the heading of pathology, including cause and efffect of disease, AIDS research, organ transplantation, blood transfusion, causes of heart disease,...

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