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Film adaptations of classic and contemporary plays.

Thousands of independent films from the UK and around the world.

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Allows the recording of programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and the searching of an archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts.

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600 filmed stage productions and hundreds of interviews with actors, performers, composers, writers and directors.

Groundbreaking productions of three plays by William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest, all set in a women's prison.

Film resources relating to the cultures and customs of peoples from around the world.

Documentaries and films made for and by indigenous communities and peoples.

Award-winning titles from contemporary ethnographic film festivals.

Filmed plays at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Includes the first and second collections comprising 30 films. Mainly works by Shakespeare.

News coverage from 1910 to 1983 from the newsreels of organisations such as Pathe News, Gaumont British News and British Movietone News, plus access to films from Roundabout, the COI cinemagazine that promoted Britain to Asia from 1962-1974.

Films, documentaries, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos from around the world.

70 filmed performances from the National Threatre, including productions of works from antiquity such as Medea, plays by William Shakespeare, adaptations of literary works, and dramas from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Filmed productions of plays performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.