The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Nigel Hawthorne, Alan Rickman, Zoe Wanamaker, Jon Finch, Bernard Hill, Claire Bloom, Derek Jacobi, John Rhys-Davies, Sinead Cusack, Charles Gray, Helen Mirren, Kate Nelligan, Bob Hoskins, Patric, Peter Benson, John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart |
| Directors: | Johathan Miller, Rodney Bennett, Shaun Sutton |
| Genres: | Children - General, Drama - Plays/Performance, General, Period, Sport - General, Television - BBC, British |
| Studio: | FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
King Lear |
PG Disc 1 | |
Hamlet - |
U Disc 2 | |
All's Well That Ends Well |
U Disc 3 | |
Macbeth |
PG Disc 4 | |
Titus Andronicus |
PG Disc 5 | |
Troilus And Cressida |
12 Disc 6 | |
Twelfth Night |
U Disc 7 | |
The Two Gentleman Of Verona |
PG Disc 8 | |
The Winters Tale |
PG Disc 9 | |
Measure For Measure |
PG Disc 10 | |
The Merchant Of Venice |
U Disc 11 | |
The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
U Disc 12 | |
Timon Of Athens |
U Disc 13 | |
The Tempest |
U Disc 14 | |
The Taming Of The Shrew |
U Disc 15 | |
Romeo & Juliet |
PG Disc 16 | |
Richard II |
U Disc 17 | |
Pericles Prince Of Tyre |
12 Disc 18 | |
Much Ado About Nothing |
U Disc 19 | |
Love's Labour's Lost |
U Disc 20 | |
The Life And Death Of King John |
U Disc 21 | |
Julius Caesar |
U Disc 22 | |
Henry VIII |
PG Disc 23 | |
Henry V |
U Disc 24 | |
Cymbeline |
12 Disc 25 | |
Antony & Cleopatra |
U Disc 26 | |
Coriolanus |
PG Disc 27 | |
The Comedy Of Errors |
PG Disc 28 | |
As You Like It |
U Disc 29 | |
Othello |
U Disc 30 | |
Richard III |
U Disc 31 | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
U Disc 32 | |
Henry IV - Part One |
U Disc 33 | |
Henry IV - Part Two |
U Disc 34 | |
Henry VI - Part One |
PG Disc 35 | |
Henry VI - Part Three |
PG Disc 36 | |
Henry VI - Part Two |
12 Disc 37 |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 99 hours |
|---|---|
| Rental release: | 15 May 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Good watching, also for the children!
By a customer from Surrey, England , 31 Oct 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
We have used this film in our Home Eduction Curriculum and the children enjoyed watching it, it was a lot easier to watch than to read the book for them. I would recommend this to other home educators and also to schools to use.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(29)Titus Andronicus
By LittleGreenMan (12 reviews) , 14 May 2013Titus Andronicus: A sympathetic, intelligent and bloody telling of one of Shakespeares' more challenging, early works. On original broadcast was written up in Fangoria magazine. 'Nough said!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Shakespeare's Cymbeline
By a customer from North of Watford , 07 Oct 2010King Cymbeline (Richard Johnson) is miffed when his daughter Imogen (Helen Mirren) marries beneath her station. He banishes the husband from the kingdom and puts Imogen under the wing of her treacherous stepmother (Claire Bloom). From there the plot takes many twists and turns in its duration of nearly 3 hours. Richard Lindsay puts in a fine performance as a baddie. Michael Gough, Patricia Hayes, Marius Goring and Michael Hordern pop up in small parts. The play is not one of Shakespeare’s greatest hits though, and this 1980s TV version only just held my attention; it seemed dull in parts.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection
By BobandJune (1 review) from Scotland , 16 Aug 2010We are working our way through Shakespeares plays and thoroughly enjoying them. So far the only one I wouldn't watch again would be Titus Andronicus simply because it is too blodthirsty for us.
We have got as far as Pericles, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, The Winters Tale, Measure for Measure, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with The Tempest on it's way.
In my view essential as general education and great entertainment.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Comedy of Errors
By a customer from TW19 5AG , 04 Feb 2010Great fun, many laughs, and marvellous acting. For a Shakespearan novice, I really enjoyed this and giggled lots.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Merchant of Venice
By Junghwa (7 reviews) from Henlow , 30 Jan 2010Warren Mitchell as Shylock? Great!
Didn't realise how many Shakespearian quotes come from this play.- Was this review helpful to you?
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