Richard Eyre
1) Stage beauty
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself.
2) Iris
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.