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BBC Shakespeare - Hamlet
Derek Jacobi stars as Hamlet in this dramatic production from the BBC Shakespeare series, depicting the troubled Prince of Denmark as a man both tender and dangerous by turns. A dark tale of treachery and revenge brilliantly acted by a cast including Claire Bloom, Eric Porter and Patrick Stewart.
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BBC Shakespeare - Romeo And Juliet
The tale of exquisite and doomed young love, against the backdrop of a bitter family rivalry. The innocence of the young lovers is contrasted with the festering imbecility, prejudice, bigotry and stubborn pride of their elders. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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BBC Shakespeare - Tempest, The
A tale of young love and age-old revenge unfolds when the sorcerer Prospero causes a shipwreck, bringing his former enemies to his enchanted island and into his power. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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BBC Shakespeare - Othello
Shakespearean drama of jealousy and paranoia, covetousness and intrigue. This is the tragic tale of Othello the Moor and his bride Desdemona, driven to jealousy and death by the malicious plotting of those closest to them. 1978 Jonathan Miller production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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BBC Shakespeare - Taming Of The Shrew, The
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Baptista, a Paduan gentleman, has two daughters, Katherine and Bianca. Bianca is beautiful, sweet-tempered and obedient and several suitors seek her hand in marriage. Baptista, however, insists that Katherine, just as beautiful but sharp-tongued and rebellious, must be married first. The only man willing to court her is the equally feisty Petruchio, a stranger from Verona in search of a rich wife... Shakespeare's comic confrontation between the sexes is rich with sparkling wit and great characterisation. This production was admired for Jonathan Miller's fidelity to Elizabethan social mores and for an outstanding cast including John Cleese, whose portrayal of Petruchio won unanimous critical acclaim. "I am as peremptory as she proud-minded. And where two raging fires meet together. They do consume the thing that makes them fury."
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BBC Shakespeare - Merchant Of Venice
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Antonio's best friend, Bassanio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's wealth tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships become wrecked, Shylock, the maligned Jew, calls for the debt to be settled. The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most famous comedies, celebrated for its captivating villain, Shylock. In a production full of contrasts and ambiguities, Warren Mitchell plays the moneylender with a finely balanced combination of wickedness and pathos - leaving the audience to decide whether he is a villain, a buffoon or a tragic hero? "If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"
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BBC Shakespeare - Comedy Of Errors
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The arrival and arrest of Egeon in Ephesus brings a family crisis into focus. For elsewhere in the city, his son Antipholus and his slave Dromio are seeking their respective twins - lost to them 25 years earlier, in a shipwreck. While mistaken identities mark their progress around the city, Egeon has just 24-hours to find the thousand-mark ransom needed to save his life... Roger Daltrey and Michael Kitchen star in an exhilarating production of one of Shakespeare's most vibrant and sparkling comedies. As the play unfolds, he sends his characters through a tale of mistaken identity, assumed personas, hilarious machinations and whimsical family relationships - with the audience always one step ahead. "O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name! The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame."
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BBC Shakespeare - Richard II
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Richard II, who ascended to the throne as a young man, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choice of counsellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the king's noblemen decide that their king has gone too far... This production boasted the most distinguished cast of the entire project, with Derek Jacobi in the title role and John Gielgud as John of Gaunt. "You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs; still I am king of those."
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BBC Shakespeare - Two Gentlemen Of Verona
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Two great friends leave Verona for Milan. Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently betrothed Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia... and he too becomes besotted. One of Shakespeare's earliest plays, this comedy examines the conflicts between friendship and love. This production with Tyler Butterworth and John Hudson in the title roles revels in the moral twists and turns undergone in the contests of wit, disguises of lovers, tragic betrayals, dangerous outlaws and comic interludes. 'What light is light, if Silvia be not seen? What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by? Unless it be to think that she is by and feed upon the shadow of perfection.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Measure For Measure
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The strict Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. Reviving an old law, Angelo sentences the young Claudio to death for pre-marital sex. When Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads for his life, Angelo offers to spare him - in exchange for her virginity. A dark comedy which weaves between themes of lust, mercy and justice. 'Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of vice, and answer none, And some condemned for a fault alone.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Anthony And Cleopatra
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Mark Anthony, one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire, commands the eastern Mediterranean. Despite his infatuation with Cleopatra Queen of Egypt, he has to return to Rome. As his fellow ruler Octavius schemes, Mark Anthony rejoins Cleopatra and driven by blind passion, they confront the mighty empire. Themes of ambition, power, love, friendship and deception - laced with a fascinating portrait of self -destructive passion to fuel Shakespeare's romantic tragedy. In this production, Jane Lapotaire takes the role of Cleopatra and Colin Blake as the love-tortured Mark Anthony. 'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety: other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Titus Andronicus
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Having subdued the Goths, conquering hero Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with the Goth Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the gods and helps Saturninus become the new Roman emperor. But when Saturninus chooses Tamora as his wife, an unstoppable wave of bloody revenge is unleashed. Black humour and bloody revenge mark a production where 35 characters die - 10 in full view of the audience. Shakespeare's revenge tragedy is an intense, primal work with passages of great poetry. 'Ten thousand worse than ever yet I did would I perform if I might have my will. If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Merry Wives Of Windsor
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Among the honest folk of Windsor, Sir John Falstaff stands out as a rogue, a chancer and an oaf. More concerned with his lack of money, the ageing overweight Falstaff hatches a plan to court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When the two wives get together they devise their own plan to teach the knight a lesson... Shakespeare's boisterous comedy of love and money was supposedly written because Queen Elizabeth wanted to see Falstaff in love. One of the great Shakespearian characters, Falstaff played here with great gusto by Richard Griffiths is mercilessly taunted by Judy Davis and Prunella Scales as the wives. 'O, what a world of vile ill-favour'd faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.'
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BBC Shakespeare - All's Well That Ends Well
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. When Helena administers a cure to the gravely ill King of France, he offers her a choice of husband. Helena chooses Bertram, the Count of Rousillon. He insists that he will never be her 'true' husband unless she wears his family ring and becomes pregnant with his child. Following him to Florence, Helena embarks upon a plan that will lead her to claim her rightful spouse. The play won both BAFTA and RTS Awards and was considered one of the best of the BBC Shakespeare series. 'Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie which we ascribe to heaven. The fated sky gives us free scope, only doth backward pull our slow designs when we ourselves are dull.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry IV - Part 1
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. These are troubled times for King Henry. His son, Prince Harry acts more like a rogue than royalty, keeping the company of petty thief Falstaff and other shady characters. Meanwhile, from the north come rumours of a rebellion led by the some of the Percy family, the valiant Hotspur. One of Shakespeare's most celebrated dramatic achievements, this play mixes history and comedy, moving from scenes of royalty to tough drinking dens with ease. 'By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap to pluck bright honour from the pale faced moon. Or dive into the bottom of the deep where fathom-line could never touch the ground and pluck up drowned honour by the locks'.
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry VI - Part 2
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. As Henry's marriage to Margaret cedes the last of his father's French gains, the presence of a weak king encourages dissent. Feuds rage between Gloucester and Beaufort and between York's faction and the other lords until York sets up Jack Cade to lead a popular revolt. By using actors in multiple roles, director Jane Howell highlights the similarities and contrasts between various characters throughout the story. 'What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. And he but naked, though locked up in steel, whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Troilus And Cressida
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achille's apathy for low morale while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for her distraught lover Troilus. Jonathan Miller pitches his acclaimed production of this part-history, part-tragedy between satire and savage farce, highlighting Shakespeare's cynical standpoint where love of mocked and heroism made absurd. 'Lechery, lechery: still wars and lechery: nothing else holds fashion: a burning devil take them!'
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BBC Shakespeare - Coriolanus
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Caius Marcus renamed Coriolanus after his victorious attack on the city of Corioli, returns to Rome to become a Plebeian tribune. A warrior and not a politician, Coriolanus finds his pride and arrogance turning the citizens against him. As he seeks to wreak his anger on the city, it is left to his mother, Volumnia to prevent a bloody battle... Coriolanus is a compelling study of family loyalty, war and politics. 'Like to a lonely dragon that his fen makes fear'd and talk'd of more than seen, your son, will exceed the common, or be caught with cautelous baits and practice.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Cymbeline
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen the low-born Posthumus as her husband. As the Queen tries to force Imogen to marry her own son, Posthumus flees to Rome. There his new 'friend' Iachimo sets out to prove - by fair means or foul - that the pure Imogen will betray him. One of Shakespeare's final plays, Cymbeline has been celebrated for its characterisation particularly that of Imogen and Iachimo (played here by Helen Mirren and Robert Lindsay). 'All of her that is out of door most rich, if she be furnish'd with a mind so rare. She is alone the Arabian bird and I have lost the wager. Boldness be my friend! Arm me, audacity, from head to foot!'
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BBC Shakespeare - Love's Labours Lost
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. When the King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to renounce women and devote themselves to study, they are not accounting for the forthcoming arrival of the Princess of France and her attractive Ladies-in-waiting. This production of Shakespeare's comedy highlights his satire of intellectual pride and pedantry. 'Let us once lose our oaths to find ourselves, or else we lose ourselves to keep our oaths.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Richard III
The Yorkists have emerged victorious from the civil wars and Edward IV wears the English crown. Edward's misshapen brother, Richard, harbours kingly ambitions and will stop at nothing to achieve the throne. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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BBC Shakespeare - King John
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The reign of England's King John is threatened by Phillip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to placate the French, but there are others who seek to dispute his authority. With a magnificent performance by Leonard Rossiter as King John and supporting roles by John Thaw and Claire Bloom, this production illuminates the themes of legitimacy and loyalty that run through Shakespeare's powerful history play. "Bell, book, and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on!"
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BBC Shakespeare - Julius Caesar
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The crowds may have hailed Julius Caesar after his conquering of Pompey the Great, but there are other Romans who are alarmed at the power and authority the great dictator is assuming. Among them are a leading citizen, Cassius, and the respected Marcus Brutus, a friend of Caesar. The consequences of their actions will soon throw the Republic into violent and bitter turmoil... Shakespeare's greatest Roman tragedy breaks all conventional rules of drama, creating neither a clear-cut hero nor a villain. Director Herbert Wise, who also directed the great BBC dramas I Claudius and Elizabeth R, conveys a world of personal and political conflict while allowing the play's chilling supernatural undercurrent to emerge. "Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war".
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BBC Shakespeare - Twelfth Night
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Viola and Sebastian are identical twins, separated by a shipwreck. Landing in Illyria, Viola disguises herself as her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. When the Duke sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, the obstacles of unrequited love, self-deceit and mistaken identity soon lead an assortment of lovers on a merry dance. Perhaps the most popular of Shakespeare's comedies, Twelfth Night considers the nature of love: true love, self-love and friendship. This star-filled production won great acclaim for its energy and for its inclusion of the play's often overlooked darker elements. "If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die."
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BBC Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. When homecoming warriors Claudio and Benedick turn their attentions to romance, friends, brothers and lovers are all soon found wanting. Claudio quickly becomes engaged to Hero, while Benedick quips and quarrels his way into her cousin Beatrice's heart. But when Claudio is tricked into jilting his fiancee, Benedick is forced to choose between friendship and love... This spirited production of the first of Shakespeare's three great romantic comedies featured some of the favourite names of British television. "Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent."
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BBC Shakespeare - As You Like It
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Banished young lovers Orlando and Rosalind escape to the Forest of Arden with their friends and servants. In this idyllic setting they find the simple life confused by entangled love affairs, cross-dressing, love poems and even a lion... Helen Mirren and Brian Stirner star as Rosalind and Orlando in one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. Considering the delights of love, the nature of human experience and the contrast between life in the city and country, Shakespeare fills the romantic plot with both humorous and clever wordplay. 'All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry VI - Part 3
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. When defeat at St. Albans forces Henry to cede the royal line to the House of York, an infuriated Queen Margaret fights on determined her son will be the nest king. But with the Duke of York's death in battle, the future of the throne is once again thrown into question. Shakespeare's final War of the Roses instalment continues the descent of an ordered world into chaos. 'And many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest timbered oak.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry VI - Part 1
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. As the nation mourns the death of King Henry V, news reaches England of military setbacks in France. After the release of General Talbot, the English reclaim lost ground, but the appearance of a mystic warrior woman, Joan La Pucelle. inspires the French. Meanwhile, at Henry's court, feuds begin between the lords of the white and the red roses... The first part in the most complete television version of the trilogy, this stylised production recreates Henry's early days as King. Here, Oliver Bayldon's set, a children's adventure playground decaying through the trilogy, reflects the disintegrating state of England. 'Assign'd am I to be the English scourge this night the siege assuredly I'll raise. Expect Saint Martin's summer halcyon days, since I have entered into these wars.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry IV - Part 2
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Prince Hal's father figures are ageing. While the King frets about the Prince's lifestyle, Falstaff continues to make merry. But there are serious matters afoot. Prince John has to lead the King's army against an uprising and Hal is forced to reassess his attitude to responsibility as his father grows increasingly sick. Retaining the same cast and director as Part One, this production charts the transformation of the Prince. It reflects the play's darker and more intimate focus, but contrasts it with colourful scenes from Falstaff's Eastcheap as well as the bucolic Gloucestershire of Shallow and Silence. 'O sleep, O gentle sleep. Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness?'
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BBC Shakespeare - Pericles
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. When Pericles discovers the terrible answer to King Antiochus's riddle, he flees for his life. In self-exile from Tyre he encounters famine, shipwreck, love and fatherhood... but in his desire to return home, he once again jeopardises his life and those he loves. '...I see that Time's the king of men, he's both their parent and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry V
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The Dauphin's insults to the newly crowned Henry V, spurs the young kind to gather his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days behind and prove himself as a leader. Henry V tells a tale of intrigue and betrayal, courtly romance and a heroic battle against outrageous odds. The lead, played here by David Gwillim, is one of the most coveted of roles with inspiring lines including the St. Crispin's Day speech. 'And gentlemen in England now a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Henry VIII
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As Cardinal Wolsey the powerful Lord Chancellor of England attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverberates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery. The verbal jousting of Timothy West and Claire Bloom (as Cardinal Wolsey and Katherine of Aragon) illuminates this rare production of the near full text of Shakespeare's 'last' play. Shot entirely on location in English castles and stately homes, it was cited by the Shakespeare Association of America as the best of the BBC series. 'Had I but served my God with half the zeal I had served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies.'
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BBC Shakespeare - A Winter's Tale
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Leontes, King of Sicilia becomes convinced that his wife, Hermione, is guilty of adultery with his friend Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. He sends his wife to prison and tries to kill his friend - setting in motion a train of tragic consequences. This stylised production of one of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late works revels in its intense conflicts. 'The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.'
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BBC Shakespeare - Timon Of Athens
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Timon is a most generous man, helping out citizens in need and hosting lavish feasts for his friends. But when they discover his munificence has left him deep in debt, the flatterers and hangers-on soon spurn him. Disillusioned and angry he leaves Athens for the wilderness, where a chance discovery reverses his fortunes... In his most cynical work, Shakespeare explores the nature of money - its virtues and vices. 'Who would be so mock'd with glory, or to live but in a dream of friendship? To have his pomp and all what state compounds but only painted, like his varnish'd friends?'
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BBC Shakespeare - BBC TV Collection (Boxset) (DVD)
Boxed set containing a collection of 35 Shakespeare plays, (37 productions) produced by the BBC. Includes the following: Romeo And Juliet, Richard II, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Measure For Measure, Henry VIII, Henry IV Parts I & II, Henry V, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Taming Of The Shrew, The Merchant Of Venice, All's Well That Ends Well, The Winter's Tale, Timon Of Athens, Antony And Cleopatra, Othello, Troilus And Cressada, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Henry VI Parts I, II & III, The Tragedy Of Richard III, Cymbeline, The Comedy Of Errors, Two Gentlemen Of Verona, Coriolanus, Life And Death Of King John, Pericles, Prince Of Tyre, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour Lost, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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£169.99
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BBC Shakespeare: Coriolanus
Coriolanus" tells of a proud Roman general who captures the town Corioli but subsequently falls from favour with the Roman people. He allies himself with the Volscians and leads an attack on Rome - but allegiances are won and lost before the final tragic end. author: ; publisher:
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