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When Jude agrees to lend her vintage chaise longue for the local Amateur Dramatics Society's production of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, little does she realize she'll end up in a starring role. It's an ambitious play, culminating in a dramatic execution scene: a scene that's played for real when one of the leading actors is found hanging from the especially-constructed stage gallows during rehearsals. A tragic accident--or something...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Best of Friends: In 1924, George Bernard Shaw was introduced to Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a Benedictine nun at the Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire, England. Along with their mutual friend, Sydney Cockerell, director of Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, the trio enjoyed twenty-five years of letters, literary debate and laughter. (82 min.) Eagle in a cage: A school-teacher-turned-governor of a small island finds greatness thrust upon him when that island,...
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In New Hampshire in 1777, Dick Dudgeon's father dies. Called back home to the unhappy family he revolted against years ago, Dick finds he's been named heir, much to the horror of his religious mother. To complicate matters, the British have arrived.
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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"Epifania is glamorous, clever-- and also the richest woman in the world. After yet another row with her spendthrift husband, Epifania meets an intriguing Egyptian doctor. But she faces the challenge her money-mad father imposed on her before his death: She can only marry a man who can convert 150 pounds into 50,000 pounds within six months"--Container.
In the bonus play, set 40 years in the future, the king must match wits with an unruly mistress...
Publisher
Bloom's Literary Criticism
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
New ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 188 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"George Bernard Shaw took to task the dramatic conventions of the late 19th century and dealt with issues that had previously been ignored, such as religion, economics, domestic conflict, and the role of women in society. Shaw's career as a playwright spanned more than 50 years, and his plays Major Barbara, Pygmalion, and Heartbreak House endure as popular classics. This new edition of critical essays delves into Shaw's literary legacy and features...
8) My fair lady
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins. Higgins, in turn, bets with his companion, Colonel Pickering, that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, ready and willing to be turned into a lady.
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