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Composers Great Britain Biography Drama DVD videodisc England Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911 Drama Librettists Great Britain Biography Drama Musical theater England Drama Punctuality Drama School principals Great Britain Drama Sullivan, Arthur 1842-1900 Drama Working class familiesFilter By Subjects
Composers Great Britain Biography Drama DVD videodisc England Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836-1911 Drama Librettists Great Britain Biography Drama Musical theater England Drama Punctuality Drama School principals Great Britain Drama Sullivan, Arthur 1842-1900 Drama Working class familiesSummary: An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIFSummary: Mr. Brian Stimpson ran his life, and everyone else's, by the clock. Then one day, the clock decided to strike back! On the day Stimpson is to give a major speech at a posh teacher's conference, he finds himself in a frantic cross-country chase filled with missed trains, confused cops, strange monks, odd old ladies and stolen clothes. Can Stimpson make up for precious lost time or is the entire...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CLOSummary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011