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Changing stages

Title
Changing stages : Part 1, Shakespeare. Part 2, Ireland [videorecording] / a BBC-Thirteen/WNET co-production ; executive producer Andrea Miller ; Jac Venza executive producer [for Thirteen/WNET] ; written and presented by Richard Eyre ; "Shakespeare" produced and directed by Roger Parsons ; "Ireland" produced and directed by Mary Downes ; [presented by] Thirteen/WNET New York.
Publication
[London] : British Broadcasting Corporation ; New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET New York, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Eyre, Richard, 1943-
  • Parsons, Roger
  • Downes, Mary
  • Miller, Andrea
  • Venza, Jac
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (113 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
In this six-part series, Sir Richard Eyre, former director of the Royal National Theatre, explores the history of 20th century drama and its confluence with the theater of Ireland, America, and Germany. Archival footage of many of the century's most memorable productions is combined with excerpts from interviews with the writers, actors, and directors who made them possible.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Mini-series.
Note
  • Title from container. Credits on tape.
  • Documentary mini-series.
  • Parts 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 are available on NCOX 1738 and 1739 respectively.
  • Originally broadcast on the BBC.
  • Video includes promotional content.
  • Part 1, Shakespeare: Theatre director Richard Eyre traces the evolution of Shakespearean drama, from the days of the Rose to the outstanding performances of the last hundred years. Interviews with Ian McKellen, Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim, George Wolfe, Peter Brook, Frith Banbury, Margaret Harris, Tom Stoppard, Judi Dench, Trevor Nunn, Peter Hall, and John Gielgud, plus excerpts from avant-garde as well as traditional productions illuminate Shakespeare and his interpreters. The contributions of Harley Granville-Barker, Lilian Bayliss, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and the influence of Sigmund Freud are considered as well.
  • Part 2, Ireland: Theater director Richard Eyre describes the battle for an "authentic" Irish theater--a theater of the working class, with realistic language and gritty social and political content. The influences of Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, John Millington Synge, and Sean O'Casey are analyzed in detail. Lady Augusta Gregory and the formation of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin are discussed. Harold Brighouse and D. H. Lawrence are also profiled, as are the Manchester school and the regional repertory movement. Includes interviews with Stephen Rea, Liam Neeson, Fiona Shaw, Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard, Edna O'Brien, Sean O'Casey, David Hare, and Peter Gill. Excerpts from The importance of being earnest, The playboy of the western world, The plow and the stars, Juno and the paycock, Mrs. Warren's profession, and other plays are featured.
Event (note)
  • Premiered on Thirteen/WNET-TV New York, N.Y. on Aug. 26, 2001.
Contents
Part 1. Shakespeare (57:00) -- Part 2. Ireland (56:00)
Call Number
NCOX 1737
OCLC
190944771
Title
Changing stages : Part 1, Shakespeare. Part 2, Ireland [videorecording] / a BBC-Thirteen/WNET co-production ; executive producer Andrea Miller ; Jac Venza executive producer [for Thirteen/WNET] ; written and presented by Richard Eyre ; "Shakespeare" produced and directed by Roger Parsons ; "Ireland" produced and directed by Mary Downes ; [presented by] Thirteen/WNET New York.
Imprint
[London] : British Broadcasting Corporation ; New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET New York, c2000.
Country of Producing Entity
Great Britain ; United States.
Performer
Narrator: Richard Eyre.
Event
Premiered on Thirteen/WNET-TV New York, N.Y. on Aug. 26, 2001.
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Added Author
Eyre, Richard, 1943-
Eyre, Richard, 1943- narrator.
Parsons, Roger, producer.
Parsons, Roger, director.
Downes, Mary, producer.
Downes, Mary, director.
Miller, Andrea, producer.
Venza, Jac, producer.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1737
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