Shakespeare Retold Disc 1
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Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005.
All four plays are based on the works by William Shakespeare.
Recorded in Dolby digital stereo.
"16:9 enhanced"--Disc label.
Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays.
Disc 1. Much ado about nothing / by David Nicholls ; produced by Diederick Santer ; directed by Brian Percival. Macbeth / by Peter Moffat ; produced by Pier Wilkie ; directed by Mark Brozel -- disc 2. The taming of the shrew / by Sally Wainwright ; produced by Diederick Santer ; directed by David Richards. A midsummer night's dream / by Peter Bowker ; produced by Pier Wilkie ; directed by Ed Fraiman.
(Much ado about nothing): Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Billie Piper, Tom Ellis, Derek Riddell, Nina Sosanya, Olivia Colman, Michael Smiley, Anthony O'Donnell, Martin Jarvis.
(Macbeth): James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Richard Armitage.
(The taming of the shrew): Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Stephen Tompkinson, Twiggy Lawson, Jaime Murray, Simon Chandler, David Mitchell, Santiago Cabrera.
(A midsummer night's dream): Imelda Staunton, Bill Paterson, Lennie James, Sharon Small, Johnny Vegas, Dean Lennox Kelly, William Ash, Rupert Evans, Zoe Tapper, Michelle Bonnard.
Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedict are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.
DVD, region 1, DVD-9, NTSC.
Contents: Much ado about nothing. -- Macbeth. -- Taming of the shrew. -- Midsummer night's dream.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
ok submitted by Ele Z. on August 5, 2011, 10:00am ok
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419848763
9781419848766
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Santer, Diederick.
Nicholls, David.
Percival, Brian.
Wilkie, Pier.
Moffat, Peter, 1962-
Brozel, Mark.
Wainwright, Sally.
Richards, David.
Bowker, Peter.
Fraiman, Ed.
Parish, Sarah.
Lewis, Damian, 1971-
Piper, Billie, 1982-
McAvoy, James, 1979-
Hawes, Keeley, 1977-
Armitage, Richard, 1971-
Henderson, Shirley, 1965-
Sewell, Rufus, 1967-
Tompkinson, Stephen.
Lawson, Twiggy.
Staunton, Imelda, 1953-
Paterson, Bill, 1945-
James, Lennie.
Small, Sharon, 1967-
Vegas, Johnny, 1971-
O'Donnell, Anthony.
Jarvis, Martin.
Murray, Jaime, 1977-
Chandler, Simon, 1953-
Cabrera, Santiago.
Evans, Rupert.
Knowland, Nicolas D.
Miller, Tony, 1964-
Mole, Charlie.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
2 Entertain (Firm)
BBC Video (Firm)
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Horsebridge Productions (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations.
Cooks -- Drama.
Restaurants -- Drama.
Television news anchors -- Drama.
Sexual animosity -- Drama.
Resorts -- Drama.
Marriage -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Television plays.
Television programs.
Melodrama.
Films for the hearing impaired.