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Changing stages
Title
Changing stages [videorecording] / a BBC/Thirteen WNET co-production ; written and presented by Richard Eyre.
Published
Princeton : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002.
Physical Description
6 videodiscs (314 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast by the BBC in 2000.
Distributed under license from BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Directors, Roger Parsons (v. 1, 6), Mary Downes (v. 2), Chris Granlund (v. 3, 4), Jamie Muir (v. 5).
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. Evocative archival footage of many of the century's most memorable productions is blended with firsthand testimonies from the writers, actors, and directors who made them possible.
Variant and related titles
Title on video casing: Changing stages : 100 years of theater
Shakespeare, drama's DNA.
Irish theater, raw bones and poetry.
America, Broadway and dramatic realism.
Looking back, British theater, two wars later.
Between Brecht and Beckett.
Future of theater, but is it art?
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2005
Credits
Directors, Roger Parsons (v. 1, 6), Mary Downes (v. 2), Chris Granlund (v. 3, 4), Jamie Muir (v. 5).
System details note
DVD.
Contents
[v. 1] Shakespeare, drama's DNA (59:00)
[v. 2] Irish theater, raw bones and poetry (51:00)
[v. 3] America, Broadway and dramatic realism (51:00)
[v. 4] Looking back, British theater, two wars later (51:00)
[v. 5] Between Brecht and Beckett (51:00)
[v. 6] The future of theater,15
Videorecording number
FFH 11224-FFH 11229 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Subjects
Also listed under
British Broadcasting Corporation.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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