Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Verdi - Rigoletto (1983)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti - A splendid version of Verdi's darkly tragic opera, shot on location, with Pavarotti playing the Duke of Mantua.
BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 5 (Richard III, King Lear, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, The Merry Wives of Windsor) (1982-1983)- Feat. Alan Bennett, Ben Kingsley, Judy Davis…
- The fifth in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes: Richard III,…
BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 6 (Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, Macbeth) (1982-1984)- Feat. Helen Mirren, Jane Lapotaire, John Hudson…
- The sixth in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes: Cymbeline…
Catherine Wheel, The (1982)- Dir. Twyla Tharp
- Complete stage performance of the modern dance extravaganza, The Catherine Wheel, as well as a behind–the–scenes peek at the production…
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The (1982)
- Dir. James Goddard, Trevor Nunn
Feat. Roger Rees, David Threlfall - The legendary, nine–hour stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby", performed by members of The Royal Shakespeare…
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1982)
- Feat. Alan Bennett, Richard Griffiths, Judy Davis…
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) (1982)- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo - Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Conductor: Georges Pretre.
Pirates of Penzance (1982)- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt… - Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
Cats (1981)- The blockbuster Broadway musical authored by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, based on T S Eliot's 'cat' poems.
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1981)- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Helen Mirren, Nigel Davenport, Brian Glover - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
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