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Melvyn Bragg interviews Harold Pinter

1998

Audio out of sync. Pinter discusses putting together a retrospective of his work for Faber and Faber, revisiting his early work, his childhood during WWII, adolescence, Henry Woolf, East London, his J...

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Close-up of matches being struck

1999

Possibly a performance of Ono's 'Lighting Piece'. Production team can be heard talking about what they are doing.

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Interview with Yukio Ninagawa, shots of Stratford upon Avon and Warwick.

22/10/1999

Shots of the kitchen in Anne Hathaway's cottage. Warwick Castle and River Avon. Interview with Japanese theatre director Yukio Ninagawa, in Japanese via translator. Audio for English translation is ve...

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Musical rehearsal for The Beautiful Game

17/07/2000

Exterior shots of the rehearsal space, Alford House, Lambeth. Cast members on outside steps, talking about their experience and the show, portraying footballers, Northern Irish accents, the IRA, Ben E...

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Production of The Beautiful Game

2000

Robert Carsen talking about the set and the show's staging, using scale model to demonstrate. Simon Lee leads whole cast in rehearsal of Off To The Party, and The Craic.

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Interview with Ben Elton, shots of London from a taxi

17/07/2000

Elton talks about development and rehearsals for The Beautiful Game, working collaboratively, editing, changes to the show's ending, politics in Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement. Ben Elt...

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Promotional event

2000

Cast and creative team of The Beautiful Game getting ready for an event in a marquee; Hannah Waddingham rehearses Our Kind of Love, Josie Walker rehearses If This Is What We're Fighting For, with Andr...

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Production of The Beautiful Game

2000

Cast, crew and creative team in rehearsal space prior to first read through, all introduce themselves to the group.

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Production of The Beautiful Game

2000

Andrew Lloyd Webber talking about the first day of rehearsals, the show's story and timeline, workshops and development. The cast read through the script and songs.

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Promotional event

2000

Members of the cast and creative team prep and rehearse for an event in a marquee.

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Early read through for The Beautiful Game

17/07/2000

Lyrics spoken. Andrew Lloyd Webber talks to the cast about working with The Ireland Funds and Tony O'Reilly for a fundraiser to rebuild Omagh.

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