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King Lear (2018 Video)

Director

Bridget Caldwell; Michael Buffong

Producer

Caroline Roberts-Cherry

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 183 minutes), £17.99

Stage to screen film of the Talawa Theatre Company’s production of King Lear staged at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in 2016. Don Warrington is Lear. Directed for stage by Michael Buffong and for screen...

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Winter’s Tale from the Royal Ballet, The (2015 Television)

Director

Ross MacGibbon

Producer

Bennet Gartside

Subject

Dance; Drama; Shakespeare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 119 minutes), £29.99

The Royal Ballet’s staging by Christopher Wheeldon of Shakespeare’s play. Edward Watson is Leontes and Lauren Cuthbertson is Hermione. The Royal Opera House orchestra is conducted by David Briskin.

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Fry’s Planet Word (2012 Television)

Director

John-Paul Davidson

Producer

John-Paul Davidson

Subject

English language and literature; Languages; Linguistics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

In this five-part, BBC television series renowned polymath and wordsmith Stephen Fry investigates how language has played a crucial role in human evolution. He travels the world to learn the history of...

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Gmtv [27/08/2010] (2010 Television)

Subject

Drama

Breakfast television show with Emma Crosby and Andrew Castle. Includes Kim Cattrall discussing her forthcoming appearance in a production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Liverpool Playhouse (running time of...

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Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005 Television, Video)

Director

Hank Rogerson; Jilann Spitzmiller

Subject

Drama; Shakespeare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 93 minutes), $20.00

Documentary. Twenty male inmates of the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky form an acting troupe and perform The Tempest. The film follows the inmates through a 40-week rehearsal...

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Romeo et Juliette (2003 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Barbara Willis Sweete

Producer

Chris Hunt

Subject

Music

Gounod’s opera directed for television by Barbara Willis-Sweete starring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu as Romeo and Juliet. Condensed to 75 minutes, the production offered the best-loved arias and...

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Peter Brook’s Hamlet (2002 Television)

aka: Peter Brook’s Hamlet

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 135 minutes), £195.00

A recording of Peter Brook’s THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, performed the Bouffe du Nord Theatre in Paris with Adrian Lester in the title role.. A production of the work stripped of what Brook refers to as ‘the...

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Much Ado About Nothing (2002 Film)

Director

Laura Sophie Ware

Producer

Laura Sophie Ware

Subject

Drama

Fiction short. A post-modern adaptation of the play.

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Otello (2001 Television, Video)

Director

Brian Large

Subject

Drama; Music

Royal Gala performance live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The production was directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky and for television by Brian Large. Placido Domingo is Otello and the...

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Merchant of Venice, The (2000) (2000 Television, Video)

Director

Trevor Nunn; Chris Hunt

Producer

Chris Hunt; Richard Price

Subject

Drama

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL)

The National Theatre’s 1999 production of The Merchant of Venice re-staged for television. Directed for stage by Trevor Nunn and for television by Chris Hunt. Henry Goodman is Shylock.

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