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The Two gentlemen of Verona / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television.
LIBRA DVD 011 290
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 2000. Ambrose Video Works.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. BBC TV Shakespeare (London, England)
- Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare
- Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Comedy
- Shakespeare plays
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Television comedies.
- Television adaptations.
- Television series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video, [2000 or 2001]
- System Details:
- DVD; digitally remastered; picture and sound enhanced.
- System requirements for downloadable script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word; DVD-ROM drive.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Close friends Valentine and Proteus become rivals for the hand of Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, who has promised her to the foolish coward Thurio. Proteus has Valentine banished, but Silvia escapes to the forest to join him. Proteus follows, with Julia who dotes on him. After a confrontation, the Duke eventually allows Valentine and Silvia to wed, and Proteus marries Julia.
- Participant:
- Joanne Pearce (Silvia), Tessa Peake-Jones (Julia), Tyler Butterworth (Proteus), John Hudson (Valentine), David Collings (Thurio), Paul Daneman (Duke of Milan).
- Credits:
- Produced by Shaun Sutton; directed by Don Taylor; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders.
- Notes:
- Reissue of a version released by Time-Life Video in 1983; originally broadcast by the BBC in 1983 as one of the Shakespeare plays.
- Texts for original series bear title BBC TV Shakespeare.
- OCLC:
- 46360645
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