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The Resource Shakespeare retold, Disc 1-2,, 2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland

Shakespeare retold, Disc 1-2,, 2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland

Label
Shakespeare retold, Disc 1-2,
Title
Shakespeare retold
Title number
Disc 1-2,
Statement of responsibility
2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
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)
Dewey number
791.45/75
Language note
Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.S5354774374 2007
PerformerNote
  • (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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1962-
  • 1968-
  • 1971-
  • 1982-
  • 1979-
  • 1976-
  • 1971-
  • 1965-
  • 1967-
  • 1965-
  • 1953-
  • 1945-
  • 1967-
  • 1971-
  • 1976-
  • 1964-
  • 1564-1616
  • 1564-1616
  • 1564-1616
  • 1564-1616
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Santer, Diederick
  • Nicholls, David
  • Percival, Brian
  • Wilkie, Pier
  • Moffat, Peter
  • Brozel, Mark
  • Wainwright, Sally
  • Richards, David
  • Bowker, P.
  • Fraiman, Ed
  • Parish, Sarah
  • Lewis, Damian
  • Piper, Billie
  • McAvoy, James
  • Hawes, Keeley
  • Armitage, Richard
  • Henderson, Shirley
  • Sewell, Rufus
  • Tompkinson, Stephen
  • Lawson, Twiggy
  • Staunton, Imelda
  • Paterson, Bill
  • James, Lennie
  • Small, Sharon
  • Vegas, Johnny
  • O'Donnell, Anthony
  • Jarvis, Martin
  • Murray, Jaime
  • Chandler, Simon
  • Cabrera, Santiago
  • Evans, Rupert
  • Knowland, Nicolas D
  • Miller, Tony
  • Mole, Charlie
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • 2 Entertain (Firm)
  • BBC Video (Firm)
  • BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Horsebridge Productions (Firm)
Runtime
360
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Videodiscs
  • Cooks
  • Restaurants
  • Television news anchors
  • Sexual animosity
  • Resorts
  • Marriage
  • Man-woman relationships
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Shakespeare retold, Disc 1-2,, 2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Some credits from container
  • Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005
  • All four plays are based on the works by William Shakespeare
  • Recorded in Dolby digital stereo
  • "16:9 enhanced"--Disc label
  • Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
1117985
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.)
Isbn
9781419848766
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
794051289025
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
E2890
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1117985
  • (OCoLC)156855198
System details
DVD, region 1, DVD-9, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Shakespeare retold, Disc 1-2,, 2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland
Publication
Note
  • Some credits from container
  • Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005
  • All four plays are based on the works by William Shakespeare
  • Recorded in Dolby digital stereo
  • "16:9 enhanced"--Disc label
  • Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
1117985
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen.
Extent
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.)
Isbn
9781419848766
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
794051289025
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
E2890
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1117985
  • (OCoLC)156855198
System details
DVD, region 1, DVD-9, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD

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