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Shots of books scattered around a windowseat in a dark room, daytime.

23/07/2004

Authors include Baudelaire, Sartre, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Books and magazines on armchairs and tables in a large smoky study; books and papers piled high at a desk and on other surfaces. Shots ...

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Mike Nichols pretends to bully Eric Idle

2006

shots of activity in rehearsal room.

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Meryl Tankard directs dancers in rehearsal of football ballet for The Beautiful Game.

2000

Shots of photos of Northern Irleand and The Troubles on the walls of the rehearsal room.

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Rehearsal of football ballet from The Beautiful Game

2000

Ben Elton present. Shots of pictures of footballers on the walls, emptry rehearsal room.

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Backstage at the RSC

2009

General conversation and preparation in the wigs room before performance of As You Like It. Richard Katz discusses his role as Touchstone. Activity backstage during the performance.

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RSC production of The Drunks

2009

Anthony Neilson talking about having the writers in the rehearsal room, The Drunks, Stratford audiences, the RSC and new writing (some problems with audio at beginning). Workshop/rehearsal for The Dru...

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RSC Stratford

2009

Shots of Melvyn Bragg looking over the River Avon from The Tramway Bridge, approaching the RSC Stratford, walking through the building and into rehearsal room, watching Michael Boyd directing a rehear...

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Interview with Kevin Spacey, vox pops with theatre audience

28/03/2007

Interview with Kevin Spacey in a dressing room, and vox pops with theatre audience outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, where Spacey is performing in A Moon for the Misbegotten with Eve...

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RSC Stratford

2009

Michael Boyd in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford's building site talking about theatre, connection and community, and the design of the new space. Walking through new dressing rooms and balconi...

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Costume making at the RSC

2009

Costume maker demonstrates cutting fabric for Noma Dumezweni's costume for The Grain Store, and the designs for costumes for The Grain Store and The Drunks. Discussion of working at the RSC costume de...

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Melvyn Bragg interviews Zaha Hadid

2007

Zaha Hadid walks Melvyn Bragg through a room full of her work before beginning the interview. Interview covers Hadid's childhood in Baghdad, religion, the politics of her parents' generation, history,...

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Shots of a man watching a scene from 10 Rillington Place

2004

Watching on television in a house with bare walls, surrounded by books about the case, and black and white photos of John Christie and his victims. Close ups of the television screen, the man's face, ...

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