#1
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Plays
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1953, 1962
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Ten Little N*****s
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1958
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The Apple Cart
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1958
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Camino Real
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1959
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A Month in the Country
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1959
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Henry IV, Part 2
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1959
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Deutsches Haus
|
1959
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Love's Labours
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1959
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Saint's Day
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1959
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Six Characters in Search of an Author
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1959, 1978
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Three Sisters
|
1960
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Cymbeline
|
1960
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The Duenna
|
1960
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Lullaby of Park Street
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1960
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Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
|
1960
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Twelfth Night
|
1960
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The Wild Duck
|
1960
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Cards of Identity
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1960, 1974-1975
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Dr. Faustus
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1961
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The Birthday Party
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1961
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Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3
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1961
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The Country Wife
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1961
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The Lark
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1961
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Caesar and Cleopatra
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1961
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A Man for All Seasons
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1961
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When We Are Married
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1961
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You Never Can Tell
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1961
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Black Coffee
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1961
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Celebration
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1961
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End of Conflict
|
1961
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Mr. Pickwick
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1961-1962
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Toad of Toad Hall
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1962
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The Bride Comes Back
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1962
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Happy Returns
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1962
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The Irregular Verb to Love
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1962
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Noah
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1962
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Semi-Detached
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1962
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Becket
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1962
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The Gazebo
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1962
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Caste
|
1962
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The Big Killing
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1962
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The Amorous Pawn
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1962
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The Keep
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1962
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David Copperfield
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1962-1963
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Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp
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1962, 1965
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Much Ado About Nothing
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1962, 1998, 2007-2008
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The Seagull
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1963
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How Dare We!
|
1963
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Henry V
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1963
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Under Milk Wood
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1963
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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1963
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The Big Contract
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1963
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Long Day's Journey into Night
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1963
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To Dorothy a Son
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1963
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I, John Brown
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1963
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Salad Days
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1963
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The Corn Is Green
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1963
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The Public Eye
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1963
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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
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1963
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All in Good Time
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1963-1964, 1984
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Coriolanus
|
1964
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The Life in My Hands
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1964
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The Bashful Genius
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1964
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The Mayor of Zalamea
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1964
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Morning
|
1964
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Sir Thomas More
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1964
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A Scent of Flowers
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1965
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Armstrong's Last Goodnight
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1965
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Trelawny of the 'Wells'
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1966
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The Man of Destiny
|
1966
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A Lily in Little India
|
1966
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Their Very Own and Golden City
|
1966
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O'Flaherty V.C.
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1966-1967
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The Promise
|
1968
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The White Liars
|
1968
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Black Comedy
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1968-1970
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Richard II
|
1969
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The Bacchae
|
1969
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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1969-1970
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Edward II
|
1970
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Billy's Last Stand
|
1970
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The Recruiting Officer
|
1970
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Chips with Everything
|
1971
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The Swan Song
|
1971, 1989, 2021-2022
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Hamlet
|
1972
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Ruling the Roost
|
1972
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The Three Arrows
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1972, 1974
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Tis Pity She's a Whore
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1973, 1974
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Knots
|
1973-1974
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The Way of the World
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1973-1974
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The Wood Demon
|
1974
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The Marquis of Keith
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1974, 1990, 2007-2008, 2017-2018
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King Lear
|
1975
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King John
|
1975
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Ashes
|
1975
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Too True to be Good
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1976
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The Winter's Tale
|
1976-1977
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Romeo and Juliet
|
1976-1978
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Macbeth
|
1977
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Pillars of the Community
|
1977
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The Days of the Commune
|
1977
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Acting Shakespeare
|
1977-1978
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The Alchemist
|
1977, 1982
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
|
1978
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A Miserable and Lonely Death
|
1978
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Is There Honey Still for Tea?
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1978-1979
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Twelfth Night/Three Sisters
|
1979, 1989, 1990
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Bent
|
1980-1983
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Amadeus
|
1981
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A Night in Old Peking
|
1983
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Short List
|
1983
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Cowardice
|
1984
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Venice Preserv'd
|
1984, 1986-1987
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Wild Honey
|
1985-1986
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The Duchess of Malfi
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1985-1986
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The Real Inspector Hound
|
1985-1986
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The Critic
|
1985, 2021
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The Cherry Orchard
|
1988-1989
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Henceforward...
|
1989
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Othello
|
1989
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Hedda Gabler
|
1989
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Whale
|
1989
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Ghetto
|
1989
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The Misanthrope
|
1989
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The March on Russia
|
1989
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Juno and the Paycock
|
1989
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The Secret Rapture
|
1989
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The Voysey Inheritance
|
1989
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Fuente Ovejuna
|
1989
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Tango Varsoviano
|
1989
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The Grapes of Wrath
|
1989
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The Shaughraun
|
1989
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Speed-the-Plow
|
1989
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The Long Wat Round
|
1989
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Schism in England
|
1989
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Suicide for Love
|
1989
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The Magic Carpet
|
1989
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Man Beast and Virtue
|
1989
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The Beaux Stratagem
|
1989
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The Good Person of Sichaun
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1989
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Salome
|
1989
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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1989, 1992
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Uncle Vanya
|
1990
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Chip in the Sugar
|
1990-1992
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Richard III
|
1991
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Napoli Milionara
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1993-1997
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A Knight Out
|
1997
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Peter Pan
|
1997-1998
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An Enemy of the People
|
1998
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Present Laughter
|
1999
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The Tempest
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2001-2002, 2003, 2004
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The Dance of Death
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2004-2005, 2005-2006
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Aladdin
|
2006
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The Cut
|
2009-2010, 2013-2014
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Waiting for Godot
|
2011
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The Syndicate
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2013
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Luther
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2013-2014, 2016
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No Man's Land
|
2017
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Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others and You
|
2019
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Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
|
2019
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Whodunnit
|
2019-2020
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Freestyle Love Supreme
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#2
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TV Shows
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1964
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The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
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1965
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The Wednesday Play
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1966
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David Copperfield
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1968, 1970, 1972, 1973
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BBC Play of the Month
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1970
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Solo
|
1972
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Country Matters
|
1972
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ITV Sunday Night Theatre
|
1972
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BBC Show of the Week
|
1974
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ITV Playhouse
|
1978
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Jackanory
|
1979
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BBC2 Playhouse
|
1980
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Armchair Thriller
|
1980
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Play for Today
|
1990
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Theatre Night
|
1995
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Live from the Lilydrome
|
2002
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Saturday Night Live
|
2003
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The Simpsons
|
2005
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Coronation Street
|
2006
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Extras
|
2008
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Great Performances
|
2012
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Doctor Who
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2013-2016
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Vicious
|
2018
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Family Guy
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2022
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The Degineers
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#3
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TV Films
|
1965
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Sunday Out of Season
|
1970
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The Tragedy of King Richard II
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1970
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Edward II
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1970
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Hamlet
|
1979
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A Performance of Macbeth
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1982
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
|
1982
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Walter
|
1983
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Walter and June
|
1989
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Countdown to War
|
1993
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And the Band Played On
|
1995
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Cold Comfort Farm
|
1996
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Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
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2006
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
|
2008
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King Lear
|
2015
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The Dresser
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#4
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Films
|
1969
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The Promise
|
1969
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Alfred the Great
|
1969
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A Touch of Love
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1981
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Priest of Love
|
1983
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The Keep
|
1985
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Plenty
|
1985
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Zina
|
1989
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Scandal
|
1993
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Six Degrees of Separation
|
1993
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The Ballad of Little Jo
|
1993
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Last Action Hero
|
1994
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To Die For
|
1994
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The Shadow
|
1994
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I'll Do Anything
|
1995
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Restoration
|
1995
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Richard III
|
1995
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Jack and Sarah
|
1997
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Swept from the Sea
|
1997
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Bent
|
1998
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Gods and Monsters
|
1998
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Apt Pupil
|
1999
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The Book That Wrote Itself
|
2000
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X-Men
|
2001
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
2002
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
2003
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
2003
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Emile
|
2003
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X2
|
2004
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Eighteen
|
2005
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Neverwas
|
2005
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Asylum
|
2005
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The Magic Roundabout
|
2006
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Flushed Away
|
2006
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X-Men: The Last Stand
|
2006
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The Da Vinci Code
|
2006
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Displaced
|
2007
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Stardust
|
2007
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The Golden Compass
|
2009
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The Academy Part 2: First Impressions
|
2012
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
|
2013
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The Wolverine
|
2013
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
|
2014
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Miss in Her Teens
|
2014
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
|
2014
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
|
2015
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Mr. Holmes
|
2016
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Look Back in Anger
|
2017
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Beauty and the Beast
|
2017
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Animal Crackers
|
2018
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All Is True
|
2018
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
|
2019
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The Good Liar
|
2019
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Cats
|
2021
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Infinitum: Subject Unknown
|
2023
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Hamlet Within
|
2023
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The Critic
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TBA
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Schadenfreude
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#5
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Documentary Series
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1969, 1971
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Omnibus
|
1992
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Anglia at War
|
1997
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Great Composers
|
2004
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Arena
|
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#6
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Documentary Mini-Series
|
1981
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Pillar of Fire
|
2003-2004
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Churchill
|
|
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#7
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TV Specials
|
1982
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Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
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2009
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Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen
|
2012
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The Academy: Special
|
2016
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National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
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#8
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TV Mini-Series
|
1988
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Windmills of the Gods
|
1993
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Tales of the City
|
1999
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David Copperfield
|
2009
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The Prisoner
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#9
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Music Videos
|
1988
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Heart
|
2014
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Listen to the Man
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|
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#10
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Documentaries
|
1988
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Süleyman the Magnificent
|
1997
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A Bit of Scarlet
|
1997
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Surviving Friendly Fire
|
2006
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Saint of 9/11
|
2014
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The Road to Rome
|
2017
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McKellen: Playing the Part
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|
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#11
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TV Documentaries
|
1994
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David Macaulay: Roman City
|
2001
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Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
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2015
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Muslim Drag Queens
|
2022
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Happy Birthday Bill
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#12
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Video Games
|
2002
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
2003
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
2004
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The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
|
2004
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
|
2006
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king
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#13
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Audiobook
|
2004
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The Tempest
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|
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#14
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Radio Plays
|
2006
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
|
2009
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Walter Now
|
2010
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Goldfinger: The Radio Play
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|
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#15
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Short Films
|
2007
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For the Love of God
|
2009
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The Academy
|
2010
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Small-Time Revolutionary
|
2010
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A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
|
2010
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E'gad, Zombies!
|
2011
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Lady Grey London
|
2011
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Claude et Claudette
|
2013
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The Egg Trick
|
2016
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The Roof
|
2017
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Edmund the Magnificent
|
2019
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The King and the Master Builder
|
2019
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Darrylgorn
|
2020
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Herbie
|
2023
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The One Note Man
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|
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#16
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TV Short
|
2013
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
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#17
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Short Documentaries
|
2014
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I Am the Flame
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2017
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Random Acts: Ian McKellen on Growing Up Gay and Coming Out
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