Subgenre Sampler
Performing Arts: 239 Films to Buy & Rent
Dennis Potter at London Weekend Television (1968-1979)
- Feat. Ian Holm, John Neville
- Containing three of Dennis Potter's single plays for television, including "Shaggy Dog" which was thought to be lost until recently, these diverse…
Romeo and Juliet (1968)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O'Shea…
- Definitive screen version has the lovelorn couple played by teenagers, the costume designer working overtime and a youthful, fashionable feel to it.…
Twelfth Night (1968)
- Dir. John Sichel
Feat. Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright, Ralph Richardson…
- Shakespeare's farcical tale of mixed up lives and lovers at cross–purposes is brought to life by renowned actors Alec Guinness and Joan…
Barber of Seville, The (Rossini) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Teresa Berganza. Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Essential Opera (1967)
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland…
- Twelve excerpts from the most popular operas – Turandot, Carmen, Rigoletto, Aida, Marriage of Figaro and more, performed by opera luminaries.
Death of a Salesman (1966)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Alex Segal
Feat. James Farentino, Mildred Dunnock, George Segal…
- A 1966 teleplay adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic Pulitzer Prize–winning play, often thought one of the definitive versions. Lee J Cobb…
Romeo and Juliet (1966)
- Dir. Paul Czinner
Feat. Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev
- The famed Royal Ballet production of Romeo and Juliet. This historical performance stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential…
Taming of the Shrew (1966)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
- Famous couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor star as Petruchio and Katharina in this spirited parody of gender role plays. Zeffirelli succeeds…
Brand (1959)
- Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Patrick McGoohan
- Spellbinding BBC version of Henrik Ibsen's great play, with Patrick McGoohan playing a young priest who idealistically adopts a doctrine that one…
Bolshoi Ballet - Romeo and Juliet (1955)
- The Bolshoi Ballet presents Sergei Prokofiev's interpretation of Shakespeare's play. Features the daning talents of Galina Ulanova. Narrated in…