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The school for scandal [videorecording] / by Richard Brinsley Sheridan ; a production of WNET/13, New York, in association with KTCA, St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota ; adapted for television by Michael Bawtree ; produced by David Griffiths ; directed by Michael Langham and Nick Havinga.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: D2635 | KulturSeries: Broadway Theatre ArchivePublication details: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive, [2000]Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0769796354
  • 9780769796352
Uniform titles:
  • Theater in America (Television program)
  • Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PR3682.S3 2000 DVD
Contents:
Special features include: chapter access, previews of other Broadway Theatre Archive films.
Production credits:
  • Executive producer, Jac Venza ; camera, John Feher, Jake Ostroff, Jerry Huiting ; videotape editor, Girish Bhargava ; music, Stanley Silverman.
Cast: Blair Brown, Patricia Conolly, Kenneth Welsh, Larry Gates.[Host, Hal Holbrook].Summary: First performed in 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's sophisticated comedy of manners satirizes the extravagance and corruption of London society. "The School for Scandal's" combination of elegant language and earthy comedy weaves a deliciously nasty tale of intrigue, slander and clandestine love affairs. Blair Brown stars in this timeless, witty look at the wages of scandal mongering and social climbing, scheming and hypocrisy.
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Originally released as a production for Great Performances, Theater in America, on PBS, and broadcast in 1975.

"Guthrie Theater Company."

Executive producer, Jac Venza ; camera, John Feher, Jake Ostroff, Jerry Huiting ; videotape editor, Girish Bhargava ; music, Stanley Silverman.

Blair Brown, Patricia Conolly, Kenneth Welsh, Larry Gates.

[Host, Hal Holbrook].

Recorded at KTCA-TV, St. Paul-Minneapolis.

First performed in 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's sophisticated comedy of manners satirizes the extravagance and corruption of London society. "The School for Scandal's" combination of elegant language and earthy comedy weaves a deliciously nasty tale of intrigue, slander and clandestine love affairs. Blair Brown stars in this timeless, witty look at the wages of scandal mongering and social climbing, scheming and hypocrisy.

Special features include: chapter access, previews of other Broadway Theatre Archive films.