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  1. Merchant of Venice, The (1996) (1996 Television, Video)

    Director
    Alan Horrox
    Producer
    Alan Horrox
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    Filmed partly on location in Venice, the specially commissioned production of The Merchant of Venice emphasises contemporary issues of capitalism, feminism, and racism in the form of anti-semitism. Bob Peck...

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  2. King Lear: Reflections (1988 Television, Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution., Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min., 2004 sale: £19.00 (+ VAT +p&p)

    Four dramas exploring some of the themes from King Lear, including the relationship between Lear and his daughters and Gloucester and his sons. They take the form of two plays, each in two parts. The Mistake...

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  3. Macbeth (1988) (1988 Television, Video)

    Director
    Charles Warren
    Producer
    Charles Warren
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of distribution (2005), Videocassette. VHS. col. 110 min.

    A television production of the play for schools. Michael Jayston and Barbara Leigh Hunt are the Macbeths.

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  4. Macbeth: Reflections (1988 Television, Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of distribution (2005)., Videocassette. VHS. col. 130 min.

    Television series for schools. A partner series to MACBETH first broadcast in the autumn term 1970. REFLECTIONS considers the five main themes of the play - tyranny, loyalty, ambition, man and woman, and the...

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  5. Greatest Paper in the World, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Fleming
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Surveys the history of ‘The Times’ from the early influential editors to the strike in the late 1970s. The second half of the programme concentrates on Rupert Murdoch’s policies in running a paper and...

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  6. China: Acrobats (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Drama; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

    Before 1949 and Liberation, acrobats in China were likened to tramps, thieves and vagabonds. After the Revolution, new attitudes to all forms of art were adopted and acrobats were re-established amongst the...

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  7. China: Ballet (1980 Video)

    Director
    Charles Nairn
    Producer
    Charles Nairn
    Subject
    Dance; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...

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  8. Preparing a Play. Part 1: The Stage (Television)

    Director
    Richard Gilbert
    Producer
    Charles Warren
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy found

    Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. Episode 1 introduces the theatre in Shakespeare’s day and the characters who...

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  9. Preparing a Play. Part 2: First Steps (Television)

    Director
    Richard Gilbert
    Producer
    Charles Warren
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy found

    Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. Episode 2 shows how a typical repertory company would begin work on the play....

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  10. Preparing a Play. Part 3: Movement (Television)

    Director
    Richard Gilbert
    Producer
    Charles Warren
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy found

    Five-part television series for schools, presented by Mike Hall, which shows the preparation for a production of Twelfth Night. In episode 3 actors perform exercises to develop movements which suggest a...

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