Barbara Flynn
Author
Description
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare. For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series...
Publisher
distributed in the US and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Sweet Molly Gibson was living life pleasantly when her widowed father decides that, for the good of his daughter, he must remarry. In comes Claire and Molly's life is turned upside down by the usually well meaning but off-the-mark Claire, who insists on things being done the proper way. Added to the stew is Claire's beautiful, educated daughter Cynthia, and the Hamleys, a well-to-do family headed by a squire who is not happy about the romantic interests...
3) Miss Potter
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2007
Description
In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a small measure of freedom. But she also has very specific ideas...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
It follows DI Humphrey Goodman and his fiancée Martha as they leave London to navigate a new life together on the beautiful Devon coast. Our heroes are thrown in at the deep end as Martha pursues her dream of running her own restaurant and Humphrey takes up the vacant position of Detective Inspector at Shipton Abbott police station, an outpost of the Devon & Cornwall Police district. Quickly making an impression on his somewhat eclectic team, Humphrey...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Shipton Abbott continues to keep DI Humphrey Goodman and his team busy, with a baffling crime each week, from a death on a steam train to a missing teacher. Meanwhile, Humphrey and Martha's journey to find their own version of a family continues as they explore the possibility of fostering. Martha's mother Anne throws herself into the world of online dating. And a well-meant gesture from Esther's daughter Zoe threatens to uncover a long-held secret....
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Description
From her rise to the throne in 1952 to dealing with prime ministers, ex-daughters-in-law, and even Camilla, view the life of Elizabeth, Queen of England. Episodes include Sisters; Us and Them; The Rivals; The Enemy Within; and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla? Contains actual footage and interviews.
7) King Lear
Series
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Based on the 1997 Royal National Theatre production, widely considered the finest staging of King Lear in the past decade, Ian Holm 'touches greatness' (N.Y. Times) in Shakespeare's most sublime and difficult role.
9) Cranford
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Cranford [DVDC 4011 pt. 1]: Adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, the five-episode miniseries Cranford focuses on female characters in the 19th-century British town to thematically contemplate encroaching modernity in rural England. With the camera roving house to house, each drama within the grander story is constructed of scenes featuring dialogue between several gossipy ladies obsessed with moral code, romantic ideas about courtship, and social...