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Alan Bennett's award-winning series of solo pieces is a classic of contemporary drama, universally hailed for its combination of razor-sharp wit and deeply felt humanity. In Bed Among the Lentils, a vicar's wife discovers a semblance of happiness with an Indian shop owner. In A Chip in the Sugar, a man's life begins to unravel when he discovers his aging mother has rekindled an old flame. In A Lady of Letters, a busybody
2) Scarecrow
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In a 17th century Massachusetts town, a scarecrow is magically transformed into a man and charged with the mission of destroying true love.
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Death of a salesman: a social drama about an ageing travelling salesman who recognizes the emptiness of his life and commits suicide.
Private conversations: takes a candid look at the filming of Arthur Miller's play, Death of a salesman. Includes conversations about the sets, lighting, camera placement and performances.
6) Our town
Series
Publisher
PBS Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Stage production of Wilder's play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Hugo's story of escaped convict Jean Valjean, who is aided by a good bishop and pursued relentlessly by the fanatical Inspector Javert, expresses the author's humanitarian interest in the suffering of the common people.
Language
English
Description
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil War to her views on the current and turbulent equal rights movement.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2001]
Language
English
Description
A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the Princess of France arrives with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily
15) Twelfth night
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2001]
Language
English
Description
Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and...
16) Henry V
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
"Henry V unites with his people, invades France, deals with traitors, and cements the peace."--Container insert.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Christmas party: Created for the 1953 holiday season, this represents another side (or sides) of Gleason as he portrays four delightful characters. Forgot to register: Ralph and Ed are hard at work campaigning for their favorite candidate. Champagne and cavier: Ralph "puts on the dog" as he schemes to get a promotion by inviting his boss to dinner. Finger man: While driving his bus, Ralph helps nab a wounded criminal in the middle of the day. His...
Publisher
CBS Worldwide Inc
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In Time enough at last, Burgess Meredith plays a bank teller and avid reader who is the lone survivor of an H-Bomb attack and finally finds the time to read. In The monsters are due on Maple Street, hysteria grips a small community as residents suspect a power failure has been caused by invaders from outer space disguised as humans. In Nightmare at 20,000 feet, William Shatner sees a gremlin on the wing of his plane. In The odyssey of flight 33, air...
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2001]
Language
English
Description
Claudio and Hero are engaged, but the jealous Don John tries to thwart the wedding by denouncing Hero as unchaste. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick, who scorn each other, become betrothed as a result of the schemes of their friends.
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