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Shakespeare at the BBC: Comedies (1984) (5 DVD)
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New DVD. Running time: 7 h 45 min. Age rating: 7
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Collection of five BBC dramatisations of Shakespeare´s comedic plays. In ´A Midsummer Night´s Dream´ (1981) Helen Mirren stars as the mischievous fairy queen Titania in the tale of four Athenian lovers, six actors and a wedding in a magical forest. ´Much Ado About Nothing´ (1984) sees the two princes Claudio (Robert Reynolds) and Benedick (Robert Lindsay) battling to win the hearts of those they love.
The object of Benedick´s desire, Beatrice (Cherie Lunghi), acts as his sharp-tongued sparring partner, while Claudio´s path to true love is obstructed by the meddling of the embittered Don John (Vernon Dobtcheff). In ´The Taming of the Shrew´ (1980) John Cleese plays Petruchio with Sarah Badel as Katharine, the woman he pursues and ultimately wins. In ´The Winter´s Tale´ (1981) Jeremy Kemp stars as King Leontes who suspects his pregnant wife Hermione (Anna Calder-Marshall) and his old friend Polixenes (Robert Stephens) of betraying him and having an affair.
In ´Twelfth Night´ (1980) Felicity Kendal stars as Viola who is shipwrecked and loses contact with her twin, only to disguise herself as a young man, enter the service of a duke and become involved in a complex love triangle
Special features:
Scene Access
Directors: Jonathan Miller,Stuart Burge,John Gorrie,Elijah Moshinsky,Jane Howell
Actors: John Cleese,Jon Finch,Alec McCowen,Helen Mirren,Robert Stephens,David Burke,Robert Lindsay,Jeremy Kemp,Felicity Kendal,Sarah Badel,Lee Montague,Sinead Cusack,Cherie Lunghi,John Welsh,Robert Hardy,Vernon Dobtcheff,Anna Calder-Marshall,Susan Penhaligon,Hugh Quarshie,Nigel Davenport,Frank Thornton,Geoffrey Lumsden,Pippa Guard,Michael Thomas,Estelle Kohler,Tim Faulkner,Robert Reynolds,Annette Crosby
Subtitles: no / not known
Collection of five BBC dramatisations of Shakespeare´s comedic plays. In ´A Midsummer Night´s Dream´ (1981) Helen Mirren stars as the mischievous fairy queen Titania in the tale of four Athenian lovers, six actors and a wedding in a magical forest. ´Much Ado About Nothing´ (1984) sees the two princes Claudio (Robert Reynolds) and Benedick (Robert Lindsay) battling to win the hearts of those they love.
The object of Benedick´s desire, Beatrice (Cherie Lunghi), acts as his sharp-tongued sparring partner, while Claudio´s path to true love is obstructed by the meddling of the embittered Don John (Vernon Dobtcheff). In ´The Taming of the Shrew´ (1980) John Cleese plays Petruchio with Sarah Badel as Katharine, the woman he pursues and ultimately wins. In ´The Winter´s Tale´ (1981) Jeremy Kemp stars as King Leontes who suspects his pregnant wife Hermione (Anna Calder-Marshall) and his old friend Polixenes (Robert Stephens) of betraying him and having an affair.
In ´Twelfth Night´ (1980) Felicity Kendal stars as Viola who is shipwrecked and loses contact with her twin, only to disguise herself as a young man, enter the service of a duke and become involved in a complex love triangle
Special features:
Scene Access
Directors: Jonathan Miller,Stuart Burge,John Gorrie,Elijah Moshinsky,Jane Howell
Actors: John Cleese,Jon Finch,Alec McCowen,Helen Mirren,Robert Stephens,David Burke,Robert Lindsay,Jeremy Kemp,Felicity Kendal,Sarah Badel,Lee Montague,Sinead Cusack,Cherie Lunghi,John Welsh,Robert Hardy,Vernon Dobtcheff,Anna Calder-Marshall,Susan Penhaligon,Hugh Quarshie,Nigel Davenport,Frank Thornton,Geoffrey Lumsden,Pippa Guard,Michael Thomas,Estelle Kohler,Tim Faulkner,Robert Reynolds,Annette Crosby
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