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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 ...
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.
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- Creator
- 2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland
- Included Titles
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- Much ado about nothing
- Macbeth
- Taming of the shrew
- Midsummer night's dream
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Santer, Diederick, producer
- Nicholls, David, 1966- author of screenplay
- Percival, Brian, 1962- director
- Wilkie, Pier, producer
- Moffat, Peter, 1962- author of screenplay
- Brozel, Mark, director
- Wainwright, Sally, 1964- author of screenplay
- Richards, David (Television director), director
- Bowker, Peter, 1958- author of screenplay
- Fraiman, Ed, director
- Parish, Sarah, 1968- actor
- Lewis, Damian, 1971- actor
- Piper, Billie, 1982- actor
- McAvoy, James, 1979- actor
- Hawes, Keeley, 1976- actor
- Armitage, Richard, 1971- actor
- Henderson, Shirley, 1965- actor
- Sewell, Rufus, 1967- actor
- Tompkinson, Stephen, 1965- actor
- Twiggy, actor
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956- actor
- Paterson, Bill, 1945- actor
- James, Lennie, actor
- Small, Sharon, 1967- actor
- Vegas, Johnny, 1971- actor
- O'Donnell, Anthony, 1948- actor
- Jarvis, Martin, actor
- Murray, Jaime, 1976- actor
- Chandler, Simon, 1953- actor
- Cabrera, Santiago, actor
- Evans, Rupert, actor
- Knowland, Nicolas D., cinematographer
- Miller, Tony, 1964- cinematographer
- Atack, Tim, composer
- Sargent, Kevin, composer
- Lindes, Hal, composer
- Mole, Charlie, composer
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream
- 2 Entertain (Firm)
- BBC Video (Firm)
- BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Horsebridge Productions (Firm)
- Publication
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- [England?] : BBC Video : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1419848763, 9781419848766
- OCLC
- ocn156855198
- Credits
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- (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
- 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)
- All four plays are based on the works by William Shakespeare.
- Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2005.
- Some credits from container.
- Special features: Interviews with the stars and production team for all four plays.
- DVD, region 1, DVD-9, NTSC ; Dolby digital stereo ; 16:9 enhanced.
- Closed-captioned in English.
- 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