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A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Elijah Moshinsky.
LIBRA DVD 011 255
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream, author.
- Series:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 2000. Ambrose Video Works.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. BBC TV Shakespeare (London, England)
- The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare.
- The 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.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- English drama (Comedy).
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Television comedies.
- Television adaptations.
- Television series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ambrose Video Publishing, [2000 or 2001]
- System Details:
- DVD; digitally re-mastered; sound & picture enhanced.
- System requirements for downloadable script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily.
- Participant:
- Helen Mirren (Titania), Peter McEnery (Oberon), Pippa Guard (Hermia); Brian Glover (Bottom), Phil Daniels (Puck).
- Credits:
- Senior cameraman, Jim Atkinson ; music composed by Stephen Oliver ; video tape editor, Graham Taylor.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1984.
- Texts for original series have title: BBC TV Shakespeare.
- Taped Aug. 15-21, 1984 at the BBC Television studios in London.
- OCLC:
- 45687818
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