| Description |
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (16:9); Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Mark Dexter, Susannah Fielding, Polly Hemingway, Ian Redford, Miles Jupp, Roy Marsden. |
| Note |
Based on the play by Oliver Goldsmith. |
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Contains all 5 episodes from the 2008 television mini-series. |
| Summary |
Kate is a well-bred lass who passes herself off as a barmaid in order to win the heart of her stuffy suitor. Full of mistaken identities and multiple deceptions, the play pokes fun at the various masks we all wear in different social situations. Along the way, each person learns much about the nature of true love. |
| Contents |
Volume 1: Episodes 1-3 -- Volume 2: Episodes 4-5. |
| Note |
Special features: [Disc 2]: "A Gooseberry fool: Oliver Goldsmith stoops to conquer:" a 50-minute documentary on the writer's life, work, and humor (written, presented and performed by Simon Butteriss ; directed by Jeremy Brettingham). |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Mistaken identity -- England -- Drama.
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Young women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.
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Interpersonal relations -- England -- Drama.
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Love -- England -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television comedies.
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Historical television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Brennan, Averil.
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Britten, Tony.
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Dexter, Mark.
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Fielding, Susannah, 1985-
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Hemingway, Polly.
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Redford, Ian.
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Jupp, Miles, 1979-
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Marsden, Roy, 1941-
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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
She stoops to conquer.
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Butteriss, Simon.
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Brettingham, Jeremy.
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Sky Arts (Firm)
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Capriol Films (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Note |
Container title: Oliver Goldsmith's She stoops to conquer |
| Standard No. |
054961816699 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8166 Acorn Media |
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