The dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Comedy / produced by BBC & Time-Life Films.

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A dramatization of five of Shakespeare's comic plays, featuring some of Britain's most distinguished actors and directors.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation
Time-Life Films
Ambrose Video Publishing
Other Authors: Mirren, Helen (Actor)
Stirner, Brian (Actor)
Pasco, Richard (Actor)
Mitchell, Warren (Actor)
Jones, Gemma (Actor)
McEnery, Peter (Actor)
Guard, Pippa (Actor)
Glover, Brian, 1934-1997 (Actor)
Cleese, John (Actor)
Chandler, Simon, 1953- (Actor)
Guard, Christopher, 1953- (Actor)
Hordern, Michael, 1911-1995 (Actor)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English subtitles available.
Published: New York : Time-Life Films : Distributed by Ambrose Video Pub., [between 2000 and 2009?]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Television adaptations.
English drama (Comedy) > Television adaptations.
Television plays.
Television adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
English drama (Comedy)
Genre:
Television adaptations.
Television plays.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Comedy.
Comedies of William Shakespeare. [Cover title]
Other Uniform Title:As you like it (Television program : 1978)
Merchant of Venice (Television program : 1980)
Midsummer night's dream (Television program : 1981 : British Broadcasting Corporation)
Taming of the shrew (Television program : 1980)
Tempest (Television program : 1980)
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A dramatization of five of Shakespeare's comic plays, featuring some of Britain's most distinguished actors and directors.
Note:Titles from videodisc labels.
Originally produced by BBC-TV between 1978 and 1981.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ2 D0037309 VideoDVD
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, Richard Pasco (As you like it) ; Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones (The merchant of Venice) ; Helen Mirren, Peter McEnery, Pippa Guard, Brian Glover (A midsummer night's dream) ; John Cleese, Simon Chandler (The taming of the shrew) ; Christopher Guard, Michael Hordern (The tempest).