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  1. Making of the United Kingdom, The: Crowns, Parliaments and Peoples 1500-1750 (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A collection of source material covering the history of the United Kingdom from 1500 to 1750. Structured around 14 investigations into key questions of political and religions change, such as the effects of...

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  2. Long to Reign over Us? (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Sam Collyns
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    In the wake of books, biographies and ‘annus horribilis’, the British monarchy is facing its biggest crisis for half a century. Even establishment circles are now worried that the cracks in the royal...

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  3. Fall of the Tsars, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 52 min.

    Footage of the Russia’s Royal Family showing its opulent life style, which contributed to its ultimate overthrow and slaughter.

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  4. Age of Charles II, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    David Drew evaluates the 25-year reign of Charles II, during which Britain enjoyed a period of peace after the horrows of civil war.

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  5. C L R James Lectures: Shakespeare (1983 Video)

    Director
    Christian Wangler
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution (2006), Videocassette, VHS. col. 26 min., 1992 sale: £30.00

    The West Indian historian C L R James talks about King Lear and why Shakespeare, ‘the most political writer that Britain has ever seen in regard to the creative arts’, was ‘no racist’. He quotes...

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  6. Monarchy, The (2 Parts) (1975 Audio)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 2 x 30 min.

    A discussion on the role of the monarchy.

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  7. Hollow Crown, The (1965 Video)

    Director
    Charles Dubin
    Producer
    Anthony Havelock-Allan; David Susskind; Daniel Melnick
    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    Out of distribution (2008)., Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 120 min.

    The Royal Shakespeare Company’s chronicle of the English monarchy from Saxon times, with musical interludes. The readings are from literary works in the public domain and were compiled by John Barton.

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  8. Becket (1964 Video)

    Director
    Peter Glenville
    Producer
    Hal B Wallis
    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 142 minutes), £17.99

    Newly restored version of the film based on Jean Anouilh’s stage play about the conflict between Thomas a Becket and King Henry II starring Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton. Restored with the aid of...

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  9. King’s a Beggar - Now the Play is Done, The (Radio)

    Producer
    Tanya Hudson
    Subject
    Drama

    BBC radio series. Six commissioned lectures on Shakespeare and his meaning in the modern world. In episode 1 Professor Germaine Greer argues that Shakespeare’s neglected play King John is one of the most...

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  10. Night Waves [11/07/2006] (Radio)

    Producer
    Philippa Ritchie
    Subject
    Drama

    BBC Radio 3 arts series. Philip Dodd talks to John Barton and Professor Michael Dobson about the staging of Shakespeare’s history plays throughout history. The impetus to the debate is the production of...

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