AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J.B.Priestley. Directed by Stephen Daldry, designed by Ian McNeil, produced by Royal National Theatre, recorded at Garrick Theatre, Feb 1994. In a “strikingly expressionistic” production, the 1945-written, Edwardian-set “drawing room mystery play (is) magicked…into an epic conflict” about social and personal responsibility that resonates with the 1990s debate over the welfare state. 1 hr 50 mins, 3 cameras
JAMAIS VU devised and performed by Ken Campbell, recorded at the Cottesloe, Royal National Theatre, December 1993. This monologue is “a tale-spinning mix of Rabelais and David Attenborough”. Campbell himself calls it “a comic-epic-science-fiction-conspiracy-weepie”.
2 hrs 9 mins, 1 camera
National Video Archive