Shakespeare Comedies (Volume 2) - 5-DVD Box Set ( The Merchant of Venice / The Merry Wives of Windsor / Much Ado About Nothing / As You Like It / Twelfth Night )

Shakespeare Comedies (Volume 2) - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Merchant of Venice / The Merry Wives of Windsor / Much Ado About Nothing / As You Like It / Twelfth Night
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
750 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 )

Directed By:
Jack Gold
David Hugh Jones
Stuart Burge
Basil Coleman
John Gorrie

Written By:
William Shakespeare

Actors:
John Franklyn-Robbins ..... Antonio
John Rhys-Davies ..... Salerio
Alan David ..... Solanio
John Nettles ..... Bassanio
Richard Morant ..... Lorenzo
Kenneth Cranham ..... Gratiano
Gemma Jones ..... Portia
Susan Jameson ..... Nerissa
Daniel Mitchell ..... Balthasar
Warren Mitchell ..... Shylock
Marc Zuber ..... Prince of Morocco
Enn Reitel ..... Launcelot Gobbo
Joe Gladwin ..... Old Gobbo
Roger Martin ..... Leonardo
Leslee Udwin ..... Jessica
Peter Gale ..... The Prince of Arragon
Richard Austin ..... Antonio's Servant
Arnold Diamond ..... Tubal
Alan Bennett ..... Justice Shallow
Richard O'Callaghan ..... Slender
Tenniel Evans ..... Sir Hugh Evans
Bryan Marshall ..... George Page
Richard Griffiths ..... Sir John Falstaff
Gordon Gostelow ..... Bardolph
Nigel Terry ..... Pistol
Michael Robbins ..... Nym
Miranda Foster ..... Anne Page
Judy Davis ..... Mistress Ford
Prunella Scales ..... Mistress Page
Ron Cook ..... Peter Simple
Michael Graham Cox ..... Host of the Garter Inn
Lee Whitlock ..... Robin
Elizabeth Spriggs ..... Mistress Quickly
John Joyce ..... John Rugby
Michael Bryant ..... Doctor Caius
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
Robert Gwilym ..... Conrade
Tony Rohr ..... Borachio
Pamela Moiseiwitsch ..... Margaret
Ishia Bennison ..... Ursula
Oz Clarke ..... Balthasar
Ben Losh ..... Boy
Michael Elphick ..... Dogberry
Clive Dunn ..... Verges
Gorden Kaye ..... First Watch
Alec McCowen ..... Malvolio
Robert Hardy ..... Sir Toby Belch
Felicity Kendal ..... Viola
Annette Crosbie ..... Maria
Sinéad Cusack ..... Olivia
Trevor Peacock ..... Feste
Clive Arrindell ..... Orsino
Ronnie Stevens ..... Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Robert Lindsay ..... Fabian

Synopsis:

The Merchant of Venice: A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him. The Merry Wives of Windsor: When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Windsor wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is besieged by suitors. 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. As You Like It: Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all. Twelfth Night : Lookalike twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself as her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 July, 2023.