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The master builder, 1958 & 1988 Cover Image DVD DVD

The master builder, 1958 & 1988 [videorecording (DVD)] / 2 entertain ; British Broadcasting Corporation ; BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; produced by Stephen Harrison (1958) ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Michael Darlow (1988).

Harrison, Stephen. (Added Author). Faber, Max. (Added Author). Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968 (Added Author). Zetterling, Mai, 1925- (Added Author). Lacey, Catherine. (Added Author). Morton, Clive. (Added Author). Markham, David. (Added Author). Scott, Harold. (Added Author). Usher, Elaine. (Added Author). Sutton, Shaun. (Added Author). Darlow, Michael, 1934- (Added Author). Meyer, Michael. (Added Author). McKern, Leo, 1920-2002 (Added Author). Lapotaire, Jane. (Added Author). Richardson, Miranda. (Added Author). Shaw, Sebastian. (Added Author). Rouse, Simon. (Added Author). Ogle, Natalie. (Added Author). Churchill, Donald. (Added Author). Shaw, Francis. (Added Author). Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906 Bygmester Solness. English. (Added Author). 2 Entertain (Firm) (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. (Added Author). BBC Video (Firm) (Added Author). BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). 1958: Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Catherine Lacey, Clive Morton, David Markham, Harold Scott, Elaine Usher. (Cast). 1988: Leo McKern, Jane Lapotaire, Miranda Richardson, Sebastian Shaw, Donald Churchill, Natalie Ogle, Simon Rouse. (Cast).

Summary:

Halvard Solness is a middle-aged architect whose ruthlessness in his business makes him a hardened individual. Affected by his ambitions are his wife and his colleagues, until a young woman shows up asking for a promised kingdom.

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  • Physical Description: 1 DVD (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [England] : BBC Video : [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
1958 version originally broadcast on BBC television February 23, 1958; 1988 version originally broadcast on BBC television May 15, 1988.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
1958 version: English version adapted for television by Max Faber; settings designed by Guy Sheppard.
1988 version: translated by Michael Meyer; music composed and conducted by Francis Shaw; costume designer, Joyce Mortlock; designer, David Myerscough-Jones.
Participant or Performer Note:
1958: Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Catherine Lacey, Clive Morton, David Markham, Harold Scott, Elaine Usher.
1988: Leo McKern, Jane Lapotaire, Miranda Richardson, Sebastian Shaw, Donald Churchill, Natalie Ogle, Simon Rouse.
System Details Note:
Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., DVD-9, NTSC.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.

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Lansdowne Library PN 1992.77 M37847 2007 (Text) 26040002959282 Media Volume hold Available -

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