Movies: Barry JC Purves

Part of the Operavox series....

Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormented in a dream by his memories of this most tempestuous partnering....

Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city....

Thrust into an empty room and prompted by the relentless turning of a music score's pages, Tchaikovsky is forced to revisit the traumas and successes of his life, reaching some acceptance....

With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War....

William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition....

Cosgrove Hall's stop-motion animation of the classic fairy tale Cinderella...

A primaeval winged man falls to earth and is robbed of his freedom by his alter egos. He finds redemption by casting off his former existence....

The eccentric lesbian icon Joe Carstairs looks back on her adventurous life together with her faithful little companion, Lord Tod Wadley. The story unfolds in a mix of live action and puppet animation....

Despite the fact that he is very hard of hearing, the Sound Collector spends his days discovering and using new sounds that he finds on his adventures....

A narrator relates the Japanese tale of two lovers who defy their families and society to be together. The tale ends happily, until something happens to make this tale truly Japanese in character....