Shakespeare Tragedies (Volume 1) - 6-DVD Box Set ( Titus Andronicus / "The BBC Television Shakespeare" Romeo & Juliet / "The BBC Television Shakespeare" Julius Caesar / Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / Troilus & Cressida / Othello )

Shakespeare Tragedies (Volume 1) - 6-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Titus Andronicus / "The BBC Television Shakespeare" Romeo & Juliet / "The BBC Television Shakespeare" Julius Caesar / Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / Troilus & Cressida / Othello
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
1111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

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

Movie filmed in 1978-1985 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jane Howell
Alvin Rakoff
Herbert Wise
Rodney Bennett
Jonathan Miller

Written By:
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer

Actors:
Paul Davies Prowles ..... Young Lucius
Edward Hardwicke ..... Marcus
Walter Brown ..... Aemilius
Brian Protheroe ..... Saturninus
Nicholas Gecks ..... Bassianus
Derek Fuke ..... Captain / 3rd Goth / Sempronius
Eileen Atkins ..... Queen Tamora
Peter Searles ..... Alarbus / 4th Goth / Valentine
Neil McCaul ..... Demetrius
Michael Crompton ..... Chiron
Hugh Quarshie ..... Aaron
Gavin Richards ..... Lucius
Crispin Redman ..... Quintus
Tom Hunsinger ..... Martius
Michael Packer ..... Mutius
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
Jacqueline Hill ..... Lady Capulet
Christopher Strauli ..... Benvolio
Christopher Northey ..... Paris
Paul Henry ..... Peter
Roger Davidson ..... Balthasar
John Paul ..... Montague
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
Garrick Hagon ..... Octavius Caesar
Brian Coburn ..... Messala
Leonard Preston ..... Titinius
Alexander Davion ..... Decius Brutus
Darien Angadi ..... Cinna
Andrew Hilton ..... Lucilius
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
Emrys James ..... First Player (King)
Jason Kemp ..... Second Player (Queen)
Geoffrey Beevers ..... Third Player (Lucianus)
Bill Homewood ..... Player in the mime, King
Peter Richard ..... Player in the mime, Queen
Charles Gray ..... Pandarus
Anton Lesser ..... Troilus
Tony Steedman ..... Aeneas
Suzanne Burden ..... Cressida
Max Harvey ..... Alexander
Peter Walmsley ..... Servant to Troilus
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... Agamemnon
Geoffrey Chater ..... Nestor
Benjamin Whitrow ..... Ulysses
Bernard Brown ..... Menelaus
Anthony Pedley ..... Ajax
Jack Birkett ..... Thersites
Kenneth Haigh ..... Achilles
Simon Cutter ..... Patroclus
Esmond Knight ..... Priam
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
Seymour Green ..... First Senator
Howard Goorney ..... Second Senator
Penelope Wilton ..... Desdemona
Rosemary Leach ..... Emilia
Tony Steedman ..... Montano
Max Harvey ..... First Gentleman

Synopsis:

Titus Andronicus: Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus (Trevor Peacock) returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora (Dame Eileen Atkins) and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus (Brian Protheroe) and Bassianus (Nicholas Gecks), are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the gods. Having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor. Both acts have tragic consequences. "The BBC Television Shakespeare" 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. "The BBC Television Shakespeare" 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. 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. Troilus & Cressida: During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek. 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. Venice needs Othello to protect its commercial interests in Cyprus where the Turkish fleet is headed. Desdemona insists on going to Cyprus, too. In Cyprus, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona has betrayed him with Cassio (David Yelland). A lot more than political ambition seems to be motivating Iago.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 August, 2023.