Cover image for Shakespeare retold
Title:
Shakespeare retold
ISBN:
9781419848766
Publication Information:
[England?] : BBC Video : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2007.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
All four plays are based on the works by William Shakespeare.

Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005.

Some credits from container.

"16:9 enhanced"--Disc label.

Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays.
Contents:
Disc 1. Much ado about nothing / by David Nicholls ; produced by Diederick Santer ; directed by Brian Percival. Macbeth / by Peter Moffat ; produced by Pier Wilkie ; directed by Mark Brozel -- disc 2. The taming of the shrew / by Sally Wainwright ; produced by Diederick Santer ; directed by David Richards. A midsummer night's dream / by Peter Bowker ; produced by Pier Wilkie ; directed by Ed Fraiman.
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Summary:
Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedict are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, DVD-9, NTSC ; DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
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