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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.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream, author.
Contributor:
Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019, producer.
Moshinsky, Elijah, director.
Mirren, Helen, actor.
McEnery, Peter, actor.
Guard, Pippa, actor.
Glover, Brian, 1934-1997, actor.
Daniels, Phil, 1958- actor.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer.
Time-Life Television, producer.
Ambrose Video Publishing, distributor.
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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