The BBC Shakespeare Collection (Vol. 1) - 8-DVD BoxSet ( Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello / Romeo & Juliet / Julius Caesar / A Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing )

The BBC Shakespeare Collection (Vol. 1) - 8-DVD BoxSet (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello / Romeo & Juliet / Julius Caesar / A Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
1331 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978-1984 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Rodney Bennett
Jonathan Miller
Jack Gold
Alvin Rakoff
Herbert Wise
Elijah Moshinsky
Stuart Burge

Written By:
William Shakespeare

Actors:
Derek Jacobi ..... Hamlet
Claire Bloom ..... Gertrude
Patrick Stewart ..... Claudius
Eric Porter ..... Polonius
Lalla Ward ..... Ophelia
David Robb ..... Laertes
Patrick Allen ..... Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Robert Swann ..... Horatio
Jonathan Hyde ..... Rosencrantz
Geoffrey Bateman ..... Guildenstern
John Shrapnel ..... Earl of Kent
Norman Rodway ..... Earl of Gloucester
Michael Kitchen ..... Edmund
Michael Hordern ..... King Lear
Gillian Barge ..... Goneril
Brenda Blethyn ..... Cordelia
Penelope Wilton ..... Regan
John Bird ..... Duke of Albany
Julian Curry ..... Duke of Cornwall
Brenda Bruce ..... First Witch
Eileen Way ..... Second Witch
Anne Dyson ..... Third Witch
Mark Dignam ..... Duncan
James Hazeldine ..... Malcolm
Christopher Ellison ..... Captain
John Rowe ..... Lennox
Gawn Grainger ..... Ross
Nicol Williamson ..... Macbeth
Anthony Pedley ..... Roderigo
Bob Hoskins ..... Iago
Geoffrey Chater ..... Brabantio
Alexander Davion ..... Gratiano
Anthony Hopkins ..... Othello
David Yelland ..... Cassio
Joseph O'Conor ..... Lodovico
Peter Walmsley ..... Officer
John Barron ..... Duke of Venice
Patrick Ryecart ..... Romeo
Rebecca Saire ..... Juliet
Celia Johnson ..... Nurse
Michael Hordern ..... Capulet
John Gielgud ..... Chorus
Joseph O'Conor ..... Friar Laurence
Laurence Naismith ..... Prince Escalus
Anthony Andrews ..... Mercutio
Alan Rickman ..... Tybalt
Richard Pasco ..... Brutus
Charles Gray ..... Julius Caesar
Keith Michell ..... Marc Antony
David Collings ..... Cassius
Virginia McKenna ..... Portia
Elizabeth Spriggs ..... Calpurnia
Sam Dastor ..... Casca
Jon Laurimore ..... Flavius
John Sterland ..... Marullus
Estelle Kohler ..... Hippolyta
Nigel Davenport ..... Theseus
Hugh Quarshie ..... Philostrate
Geoffrey Lumsden ..... Egeus
Pippa Guard ..... Hermia
Nicky Henson ..... Demetrius
Robert Lindsay ..... Lysander
Cherith Mellor ..... Helena
Geoffrey Palmer ..... Quince
Lee Montague ..... Leonato
Tim Faulkner ..... Messenger
Cherie Lunghi ..... Beatrice
Katharine Levy ..... Hero
Jon Finch ..... Don Pedro
Robert Lindsay ..... Benedick
Robert Reynolds ..... Claudio
Gordon Whiting ..... Antonio
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... Don John

Synopsis:

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge. King Lear: King Lear (Sir Michael Hordern), old and tired, divides his kingdom amongst his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia (Brenda Blethyn), youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters... Macbeth: Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down. Othello: Iago (Bob Hoskins) and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, Brabantio (Geoffrey Chater), who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello (Sir Anthony Hopkins). Iago confides to his friend, who had hoped to marry Desdemona (Dame Penelope Wilton), that he serves Othello to further his own ends... Romeo & Juliet: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife. Julius Caesar: The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic. A Midsummer Night's Dream: The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest. Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend, Claudio, Benedick has to choose which side he's on. But unknown to all, Claudio's been tricked by the bastard Don John, and (unfortunately), it's up to Dogberry and Verges to solve the case.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 20 July, 2021.