| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, DVD-9, NTSC ; Dolby digital stereo., widescreen (16x9 enhanced). |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
(Much ado about nothing): Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Billie Piper, Tom Ellis, Derek Riddell, Nina Sosanya, Olivia Colman, Michael Smiley, Anthony O'Donnell, Martin Jarvis ; (Macbeth): James McAvoy, Keeley Hawes, Richard Armitage ; (The taming of the shrew): Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Stephen Tompkinson, Twiggy Lawson, Jaime Murray, Simon Chandler, David Mitchell, Santiago Cabrera ; (A midsummer night's dream): Imelda Staunton, Bill Paterson, Lennie James, Sharon Small, Johnny Vegas, Dean Lennox Kelly, William Ash, Rupert Evans, Zoe Tapper, Michelle Bonnard. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Peter Greenhalgh (1st film), Nic Knowland (2nd film), Alan Almond (3rd film), Tony Miller (4th film) ; editor, Kristina Hetherington (1st film), Chris Ridsdale (2nd film), Catherine Creed (3rd film), Mark Thornton (4th film) ; music, Tim Atack (1st film), Kevin Sargent (2nd film), Hal Lindes (3rd film), Charlie Mole (4th film). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
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Cooks -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Restaurants -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Television news anchors -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sexual animosity -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Resorts -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Marriage -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations.
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DVDs.
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Television plays.
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Feature films.
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Television programs.
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Television comedies.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Fiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Santer, Diederick.
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Nicholls, David.
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Percival, Brian.
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Wilkie, Pier.
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Moffat, Peter, 1962-
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Brozel, Mark.
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Wainwright, Sally.
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Richards, David.
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Bowker, Peter, 1958-
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Fraiman, Ed.
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Parish, Sarah, 1968-
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Lewis, Damian, 1971-
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Piper, Billie, 1982-
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McAvoy, James, 1979-
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Hawes, Keeley, 1976-
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Armitage, Richard, 1971-
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Henderson, Shirley, 1965-
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Sewell, Rufus, 1967-
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Tompkinson, Stephen, 1965-
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Twiggy.
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Staunton, Imelda, 1953-
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Paterson, Bill, 1945-
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James, Lennie.
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Small, Sharon, 1967-
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Vegas, Johnny, 1971-
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O'Donnell, Anthony.
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Jarvis, Martin.
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Murray, Jaime, 1977-
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Chandler, Simon.
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Cabrera, Santiago.
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Evans, Rupert.
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Knowland, Nicolas D.
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Miller, Tony, 1964-
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Atack, Tim, composer.
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Sargent, Kevin, composer.
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Lindes, Hal, composer.
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Mole, Charlie, composer.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Much ado about nothing.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Macbeth.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Taming of the shrew.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Midsummer night's dream.
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Horsebridge Productions (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419848763 |
| Standard No. |
794051289025 |
| Music No. |
E2890 BBC Video |
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