The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection

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All 37 plays in the BBC Shakespeare series - one of the great committments to the Bard's works. Great directors and great Shakespearian actors bring his works to life. Features Romeo And Juliet (Rakoff, 1978), Richard II (Howell, 1983), As You Like It (Coleman, 1978), Julius Caesar (Wise, 1979), Measure For Measure (Davis, 1979), Henry VIII (Billington, 1979), Henry IV: Parts I & II (Giles, 1979), Henry V (Giles, 1979), Twelfth Night (Gorrie, 1980), The Tempest (Gorrie, 1980), The Taming Of The Shrew (Miller, 1980), The Merchant Of Venice (Gold, 1980), All's Well That Ends Well (Moshinsky, 1981), The Winter's Tale (Howell, 1981), Timon Of Athens (Miller, 1981), Antony And Cleopatra (Miller, 1981), Othello (Miller, 1981), Troilus And Cressida (Miller, 1981), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Jones, 1982), Henry VI: Parts I, II & III (Howell, 1983), The Tragedy Of Richard III (Howell, 1983), Cymbeline (Moshinsky, 1982), The Comedy Of Errors (Jones, 1983), Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Taylor, 1983), Coriolanus (Moshinsky, 1984), The Life And Death Of King John (Giles, 1984), Pericles: Prince Of Tyre (Jones, 1984), Much Ado About Nothing (Burge, 1984), Love's Labour's Lost (Moshinsky, 1985), Titus Andronicus (Howell, 1985), Hamlet (Bennett, 1980), King Lear (Miller, 1982), Macbeth (Gold, 1983), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Moshinsky, 1981)

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Article - "Shakespeare on Film - Recommended Double-bills" by Daniel Rosenthal
Thursday 12th April 2007

Shakespearean cinema divides into two broad schools: 'original-text' films such as Olivier's Henry V, which retain Shakespeare's sublime poetry and prose, and 'genre adaptations', whose re-imagined Shakespearean characters speak conventional movie dialogue. This comm...  View article in full

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This film is part of the following Film Collections

Shakespeare - The Complete Film Works

Including: 10 Things I Hate About You, A Midsummer Nights Dream (BBC, 1981), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Noble, 1996), A Winters Tale (BBC, 1981), A Winters Tale (Rohmer, 1992), Alls Well That Ends Well (BBC), Animated Shakespeare Act 1 (The Taming of the Shrew & Macbeth), Animated Shakespeare Act 2 (Julius Caesar & Twelfth Night), Animated Shakespeare Act 3 (Hamlet & The Tempest), Animated Shakespeare Act 4 ( A Midsummer Nights Dream & Richard III).

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