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Shakespeare Retold
2005
Four features. These adaptations inspired from the original plays bring Shakespeare's stories to the modern day audience. In 'Much Ado About Nothing', Beatrice and Benedick are two news presenters and ex-lovers who are reunited to present the same regional news programme. The friction in their relationship is almost palpable. .. Read more
| Starring | Damian Lewis, Billie Piper, James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes |
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| Director | Brian Percival, Mark Brozel, David Richards |
| Genres | Drama |
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Shakespeare Retold
Four features. These adaptations inspired from the original plays bring Shakespeare's stories to the modern day audience. In 'Much Ado About Nothing', Beatrice and Benedick are two news presenters and ex-lovers who are reunited to present the same regional news programme. The friction in their relationship is almost palpable. Also includes 'Macbeth', 'The Taming Of The Shrew' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
| Starring | Damian Lewis, Billie Piper, James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Richard Armitage, Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Stephen Tompkinson, Twiggy Lawson, Imelda Staunton, Estelle Harris, Bill Paterson, Sarah Parish, Lennie James, Johnny V, Damian L |
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| Director | Brian Percival, Mark Brozel, David Richards |
| Studio | ACORN MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 5 hrs 20 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 26 Dec 2005 |
Shakespeare Retold (2 discs) (2005)
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Shakespeare Retold - Disc 1
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shakespeare set in modern day
Translating Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies to the modern day is a tricky task. The BBC has done an excellent job transforming... read more »
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Good tales don't fear re-telling
Macbeth and The taming of the Shrew are very good, the other two films are maybe weaker, but on the whole, the experiment of adapting Shakespeare to the modern ... read more »
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a fresh look yet again!
Really happy I found these as I missed one and thought they were very well done. I love how Shakespeare's work can constantly be reworked.
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shakespeare retold
Some good moments, excellent acting, yet not a film that I class as memorable. I suspect that I did not feel particularly interested in the characters or ... read more »
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Shakespeare Retold
Four features. These adaptations inspired from the original plays bring Shakespeare's stories to the modern day audience. In 'Much Ado About Nothing', Beatrice and Benedick are two news presenters and ex-lovers who are reunited to present the same regional news programme. The friction in their ...
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