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Publisher
BBC Television Production in association with Time Life Television
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
After the murder of Richard II, Henry assumes the throne, and is immediately confronted with rebellion by Owen Glendower, Douglas of Scotland, Northumberland and his son Hotspur. The play also treats the moral development of the king's son Hal (later Henry V) as he appears to waste his youth in London taverns in the company of the irresponsible Sir John Falstaff.
4) Macbeth
Series
Publisher
BBC TV
Pub. Date
c1982.
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. ". . . 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." When Pericles discovers...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John...
7) Othello
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealousy of Iago, who conspires to undo both of them. Iago tells Othello that Desdemona has an affair with Cassio. Othello strangles Desdemona before learning of Iago's evil, then kills himself.
10) Henry V
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play, Henry V who embarked on an invasion of France, dealt justly with traitors, led his soldiers to victory and then ensured future peace by his marriage to the Princess of France. Here Shakespeare examines the qualities that make a successful ruler and shows the price in terms of isolation and responsibility that his success entails.
11) The tempest
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Television adaption of Shakespeare's play revolving around an enchanted island, an exiled Duke, young lovers, and a framework of conspiracy.
12) Timon of Athens
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope.
15) Julius Caesar
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves.
16) As you like it
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play, a pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France, in which Rosalind is forced by political circumstances to pose as a man, falls in love with Orlando but cannot declare her feelings, and is loved in turn by Phebe who believes her to be a handsome young man.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt, and death.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The marriage of two strong-minded people provides the spark for a comic confrontation between the sexes: The "shrew," Katharina, is so ill-tempered she seems unlikely to find a husband. Her father refuses to let her younger sister marry until Katherina is off his hands. Petruchio appears, marries Katharina, and "tames" her so well that he wins a bet with two other men on a test of their wives' obedience. Dr. Miller's production portrays Petruchio...
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