
Birthday:
01-15-1918
Deathday:
01-24-2002 (84 years)
Birthplace:
Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
Biography
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Stuart Burge (15 January 1918 - 24 January 2002) was an English film director, actor and producer. Educated at Felsted School, he originally trained as a civil engineer, but later began acting in theater in the 1940s, and became a director by 1948. He was responsible for many distinguished productions for both stage and television, including four film adaptations of plays..
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Stuart Burge (15 January 1918 - 24 January 2002) was an English film director, actor and producer. Educated at Felsted School, he originally trained as a civil engineer, but later began acting in theater in the 1940s, and became a director by 1948. He was responsible for many distinguished productions for both stage and television, including four film adaptations of plays..
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Malta Story
Act like Paolo Gonzar
event1953 star_border 5.9
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Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.
The Beggar's Opera
Act like 1st Prisoner
event1953 star_border 4.9
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Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Julius Caesar
Director
event1970 star_border 5.7
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All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.
The Mikado
Director
event1967 star_border 4.2
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In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.
Othello
Director
event1965 star_border 6.4
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General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Naming the Names
Director
event1987
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Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...
Dinner at Noon
Director
event1988
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Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the north of England, observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses as a child.
Much Ado About Nothing
Director
event1984 star_border 6.3
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Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend, Claudio, Benedick has to choose which side he's on. But unknown to all, Claudio's been tricked by the bastard Don John, and (unfortunately), it's up to Dogberry and Verges to solve the case.
Circles Of Deceit
Director
event1990
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Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secrets.
After the Dance
Director
event1992
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David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that she's in love with David and wants to change his life for ever. Adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play.
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Director
event1961
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Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly on a recruiting drive.....but their intentions are very different, and will have repercussion's on the town for years to come.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Director
event1988 star_border 4.7
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Filled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. Jack has invented an imaginary brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country and frolic in town. Algernon uses a similar technique, only in reverse: His imaginary friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures in the country. However, their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits; Jack of his love Gwendolen Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.
Uncle Vanya
Director
event1963 star_border 4
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Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
Talking Heads
Director
event1988 star_border 5
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Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.
Talking Heads 2
Director
event1998 star_border 7
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A series of monologues.
The Philanthropist
Director
event1975
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The original play by Christopher Hampton, was adapted into this made-for-TV movie and it offers witty dialogue in the midst of remarkable conflict among its privileged characters.
Crimes
Director
event1982
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2002: In a paranoid UK, with the threat of nuclear war ever closer and prisons full to bursting, four convicts tell of the ‘crimes’ they have committed, some seemingly innocuous by today’s standards… at least, at first.
There Was a Crooked Man
Director
event1960 star_border 6.1
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When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.
Luther
Director
event1968
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An epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation.
Chinese Whispers
Director
event1989
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Kenny's work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital isn't just a job, it's a vocation. His special group of patients are his friends - his only friends. When a strange young man is introduced to the group, he threatens the love, discipline and respect that have been the very basis of Kenny's authority, and all that surrounds the institution is scant protection from the madness of the world beyond.
The House of Bernarda Alba
Director
event1991
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A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.
The Moon Over Soho
Director
event1985
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A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.
Sons and Lovers
Director
event1981
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An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel
The Hour of the Lynx
Director
event1991
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A young murderer in a psychiatric institution is given a cat to care for as part of a controlled experiment. He heaps devotion on it and the experiment seems a great success - until there is a baffling outbreak of violence
The Square
Director
event1961
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Two lonely people meet on a park bench and talk about their lives.
Victims of Apartheid
Director
event1978
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George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.
Back to Back
Director
event1959
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These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when his client confesses to killing his wife. In "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" a father with good intentions tries to protect his wife and daughter from the bad things in life.
Olivier Talks About Othello
File Footage
event1965
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Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."
Bill Brand
Director (3 ep.)
event1976 star_border 6.3
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Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
The Bill
Director (2 ep.)
event1984 star_border 6.7
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The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
Rumpole of the Bailey
Director (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 7.1
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Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Danger Man
Director (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 7.2
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Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
Play for Today
Director (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 6.1
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Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Fall of Eagles
Producer (12 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.8
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"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
Play for Tomorrow
Director (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 5
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Play for Tomorrow is a British television anthology science fiction series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 in 1982. It spun off from the anthology drama series Play for Today after the success of The Flipside of Dominick Hide on that strand. Each of the six episodes paints a vision of life in a future year, near the end of the 20th Century or at the beginning of the 21st.
The Old Men at the Zoo
Director (5 ep.)
event1983 star_border 5
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An incompetently managed zoo becomes a metaphor for the state of Britain as a nuclear crisis looms over Europe.
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Director (2 ep.)
event1978 star_border 5.2
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The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
Maigret
Director (2 ep.)
event1992 star_border 6.9
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Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases by watching and listening, getting to know everyone on his list of suspects until someone makes a slip or breaks down and confesses.
The Rainbow
Director (3 ep.)
event1988 star_border 3
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Ursula Brangwen is the beautiful, naive daughter of a wealthy country squire, one of five children living in the Nottinghamshire mining heartland at the turn of the century. From wide-eyed sixteen-year-old to fully grown woman, the drama follows Ursula through the trials and tribulations of her burgeoning personal relationships in her quest to find fulfilment for her developing passionate and sensual nature. Adaptation of DH Lawrence's novel.
Theatre Night
Director (1 ep.)
event1985
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A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
Talking Heads
Director (4 ep.)
event1988 star_border 6.2
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A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.
Sons and Lovers
Director (7 ep.)
event1981 star_border 5
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Sons and Lovers is a 1981 BBC television serial based on the D. H. Lawrence book Sons and Lovers. It starred Eileen Atkins, Tom Bell, Karl Johnson and Lynn Dearth. It was adapted by Trevor Griffiths and directed by Stuart Burge. It aired in the US as part of the PBS's Masterpiece Theatre program in 1982.
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