| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Play of the month |
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The Shaw collection |
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Play of the month.
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The Shaw collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, fullscreen (4:3) presentation. |
| Note |
Second series from container; third series from box. |
| Credits |
Cameraman, John Tilin ; editor, Michael Boyd ; music, Anthony Isaac. |
| Cast |
Maggie Smith, Tom Baker, Charles Gray, Peter Barkworth, James Villiers, Priscilla Morgan, Donald Pickering, John Garrie, Avril Angers. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 1972. |
| Summary |
Epifania is glamorous, clever-- and also the richest woman in the world. After yet another row with her spendthrift husband, Epifania meets an intriguing Egyptian doctor. But she faces the challenge her money-mad father imposed on her before his death: She can only marry a man who can convert 150 pounds into 50,000 pounds within six months. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Also contains: The apple cart (1974) / by Bernard Shaw ; producer, Alan Shallcross ; directed by Cedric Messina. (Cast: Helen Mirren, Prunella Scales, Nigel Davenport, Peter Barkworth, Bill Fraser, Beryl Reid, Thorley Walters). |
| Summary |
In the bonus play, set 40 years in the future, the king must match wits with an unruly mistress and a cabinet seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy. |
| Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Millionaires -- England -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.
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Women -- England -- Drama.
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Marriage -- England -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
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Monarchy -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Melodrama, English.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Television plays.
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| Added Author |
Slater, William.
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Smith, Maggie, 1934-
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Baker, Tom, 1934-
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Gray, Charles D., 1928-2000.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
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Messina, Cedric.
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Shallcross, Alan.
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Barkworth, Peter.
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Villiers, James, 1933-1998.
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Morgan, Priscilla.
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Pickering, Donald, 1933-2009.
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Mirren, Helen.
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Scales, Prunella.
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Davenport, Nigel.
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Fraser, Bill, 1908-1987.
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Reid, Beryl, 1919-1996.
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Walters, Thorley, 1913-1991.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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BBC Video (Firm)
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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| Note |
At head of title: Bernard Shaw's The millionairess |
| Added Title |
The apple cart.
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| ISBN |
1419830414 |
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9781419830419 |
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1419830422 set |
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9781419830426 set |
| Standard No. |
794051253828 |
| Music No. |
E2538 BBC Video |
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E2539 BBC Video (set) |
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