Excerpts from four different ballets danced by
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev and with a rare filmed
performance of Royal Ballet star David Blair.
Produced by British Home Entertainment Ltd in association with The
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
The authentic D’Oyly Carte Opera performance of
Gilbert and Sullivan's uproarious comic operatic satire set at the
court of the Mikado of Japan. A tour de force of colour, costume,
humour and song.
A British Home Entertainment production.
Shakespeare's dramatic tragedy movingly brought
to the screen by Laurence Olivier (Oscar nomination), Frank Finlay (Oscar nomination),
Maggie Smith (Oscar nomination), Joyce Redman (Oscar Nomination) and the National Theatre Company of
Great Britain. Recently restored and digitally remastered to a high
technical quality by Warner Bros at their Hollywood studio.
A British Home Entertainment production. Directed by Stuart Burge.
Laurence Olivier's acclaimed production
of this Chekhov classic with a cast representing the cream of British
Theatre of the 1960's. Principal cast includes Laurence Olivier,
Michael Redgrave Sybil Thorndike and Joan Plowright. Translation
by Constance Garnet Directed for television by Stuart Burge
A British Home Entertainment production
Set in a muddy battlefront camp during World
War 1, this tragic story of a young deserter who is condemned to
death by his own army. Joseph Losey misses no opportunity to point
out the absurdity of a system that would execute a man for committing
a logical act in the face of an illogical war. Tom Courtenay gives
a Venice award-winning performance superbly supported by Dirk Bogarde
as his Defending Officer.
An anthology of literary works in the public
domain devised as a presentation for theatre by John Barton. The
Royal Shakespeare Company's chronicle of the English Monarchy from
Saxon times.
A British Home Entertainment production in association with The
Royal Shakespeare Company.
A combination of fairy story, melodrama and ballet
sets the stage for some of Stravinsky's most brilliant music. Featuring
Robert Helpmann and the Russian ballerina Svetlana Beriosova.
A British Home Entertainment production
Nicholai's operatic setting of Shakespear's comedy
was filmed on location by Norman Foster. The balletic opening sequence
during the famous overture sets the scene for a bawdy and rumbustious
interpretation of the opera. A rare early filmed performance of
Lucia Popp as Anna Ford is also worthy of note. Sung in English.
