Summary
Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedick are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in these four adaptations of classic plays.
Contents
disc 1. Much ado about nothing ; Macbethdisc 2. The taming of the shrew ; A midsummer night's dream.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Shakespeare, William,
-- 1564-1616
-- Television adaptations.
Cooks -- Drama. Restaurants -- Drama. Television news anchors -- Drama. Sexual animosity -- Drama. Resorts -- Drama. Marriage -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [England?] : Burbank, CA :BBC Video :2007 Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Much ado about nothing. Macbeth. Taming of the shrew. Midsummer night's dream. |
| Contributors |
Mackie, Laura.
Spence, Patrick. Percival, Brian. Santer, Diederick. Nicholls, David, 1966- Brozel, Mark. Wilkie, Pier. Moffat, Peter, 1962- Richards, David, 1948-2017. Wainwright, Sally. Fraiman, Ed. Bowker, Peter. Parish, Sarah. Lewis, Damian, 1971- Piper, Billie, 1982- McAvoy, James, 1979- Hawes, Keeley, 1976- Armitage, Richard, 1971- Henderson, Shirley, 1965- Sewell, Rufus, 1967- Tompkinson, Stephen. Lawson, Twiggy. Staunton, Imelda, 1956- Paterson, Bill, 1945- James, Lennie. Small, Sharon, 1967- Vegas, Johnny, 1971- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream. 2 Entertain (Firm) British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Video (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
(Much ado about nothing): Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Billie Piper. (Macbeth): James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Richard Armitage. (The taming of the shrew): Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Stephen Tompkinson, Twiggy Lawson. (A midsummer night's dream): Imelda Staunton, Bill Paterson, Lennie James, Sharon Small, Johnny Vegas. |
| Other Contributors |
(Much ado about nothing): written by David Nicholls ; directed by Brian Percival ; produced by Diederick Santer. (Macbeth): written by Peter Moffat ; directed by Mark Brozel ; produced by Pier Wilkie. (The taming of the shrew): written by Sally Wainwright ; directed by David Richards ; produced by Diederick Santer. (A midsummer night's dream): written by Peter Bowker ; directed by Ed Fraiman ; produced by Pier Wilkie. |
| Language |
English Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005. All four plays are based on the works by William Shakespeare. Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen version; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1419848763 9781419848766 |
| Other | Classic View |