| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 362 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages) |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, 4:3 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono. and stereo. |
| Cast |
The merchant of Venice: Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Charles Gray, Christopher Gable, Nerys Hughes. |
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The millionairess: Maggie Smith, Tom Baker, Charles Gray, Peter Barkworth, James Villiers, Priscilla Morgan, Donald Pickering. |
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Bed among the lentils: Maggie Smith. |
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Suddenly last summer: Maggie Smith, Rob Lowe, Natasha Richardson, Gillian Raine, Richard E. Grant, Moira Redmond, C. P. Wilson, Rosaleen Linehan. |
| Credits |
The merchant of Venice: writer, William Shakespeare ; director, Cedric Messina ; producer, Gerald Savory. |
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The millionairess: writer, George Bernard Shaw ; director, William Slater ; producer, Cedric Messina ; music, Anthony Isaac ; editor, Michael Boyd ; cameraman, John Tilly. |
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Bed among the lentils: writer, Alan Bennett ; director, Alan Bennett ; producer, Innes Lloyd ; music, George Fenton. |
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Suddenly last summer: writer, Tennessee Williams ; director, Richard Eyre ; producer, Simon Curtis ; music, Richard Hartley, a BBC co-production with Thirteen/WNET. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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The merchant of Venice: Originally broadcast as part of the BBC television series Play of the month, Apr. 16, 1972. |
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The millionairess: Originally broadcast as part of the BBC television series Play of the month, Sept. 15, 1972. |
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Bed among the lentils: Originally broadcast as part of the BBC television mini-series Talking heads, May 5, 1988. |
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Suddenly last summer: Originally broadcast as part of the BBC television series Performance, Jun. 11, 1993. |
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Program notes with an introduction by Al Senter ([12] p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
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Special features: Disc 1: Acting in the 60's: Maggie Smith, an interview with Maggie Smith (44 min.); Disc 2: The country wife, a radio play starring Maggie Smith, Jonathan Pryce, John Duttine and John Moffat (ca. 120 min.), a Maggie Smith interview with Michael Parkinson (ca. 16 min.); Disc 3: Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait (ca. 31 min.). |
| Summary |
The merchant of Venice: Shakespeare's comedy in which a young merchant attempts to extricate himself from an onerous contract with a vicious shylock. |
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The millionairess: Shaw's comedy in which a wealthy, heiress seeks romance with an Egyptian doctor who only tends to the poor. |
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Bed among the lentils: A dramatic monologue by a jaded, alcoholic wife of a country vicar. |
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Suddenly last summer: A wealthy Southern matriarch tries to influence a young neurosurgeon to surgically end her niece's haunting hallucinations about her son's lurid death. |
| Contents |
disc 1. The merchant of Venice (131 min.) -- disc 2. The millionairess (100 min.) ; Bed among the lentils (49 min.) -- disc 3. Suddenly last summer. |
| Language |
In English, with optional English captions for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Smith, Maggie, 1934- -- Interviews.
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Moneylenders -- Drama.
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Women millionaires -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Spouses of clergy -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Murder victims' families -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television plays, English.
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Televised plays.
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Televised performances.
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Television adaptations.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Maggie, 1934- actor.
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Finlay, Frank, 1926- actor.
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Gray, Charles D., 1928-2000, actor.
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Gable, Christopher, actor.
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Hughes, Nerys, 1941- actor.
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Baker, Tom, 1934- actor.
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Barkworth, Peter, actor.
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Villiers, James, 1933-1998, actor.
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Morgan, Priscilla, actor.
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Pickering, Donald, 1933-2009, actor.
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Lowe, Rob, actor.
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Richardson, Natasha, actor.
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Grant, Richard E., 1957- actor.
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Redmond, Moira, actor.
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Linehan, Rosaleen, actor.
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Messina, Cedric, director.
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Slater, William, director.
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Bennett, Alan, 1934- director.
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Eyre, Richard, 1943- director.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Merchant of Venice.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Millionairess.
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Bennett, Alan, 1934-
Bed among the lentils.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
Suddenly last summer.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Play of the month.
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Talking heads (Television program)
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Merchant of Venice.
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Millionairess.
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Bed among the lentils.
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Suddenly last summer.
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| ISBN |
1419867547 |
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9781419867545 |
| Standard No. |
883929016754 |
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