Michael Hordern
3) Lady Jane
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In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
4) King Lear
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Shakespeare's plays in which tragedy occurs when an old king divides his kingdom between his daughters.
5) Middlemarch
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Based on George Elliot's novel, Middlemarch is set in early nineteenth century England and charts the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the town as it divides its population into two opposing factions: the conservatives and the liberals.
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Cranky Scrooge learns the error of his unkind ways and is taught the true meaning of the holidays when he is visited by the ghost of his late business partner and the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future. Alastair Sims's performance as the ultimate miser Ebenezer Scrooge has made this beloved 1951 version of Charles Dickens's story into one of the best-loved Christmas films of all time. This two DVD set includes the original 1935 B&W...