Shakespeare retold

Resource Information

The work Shakespeare retold represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Shakespeare retold

Statement of responsibility

2 Entertain ; BBC ; produced in association with Horsebridge Productions Limited ; BBC Drama & Northern Ireland

Contributor

• 2 entertain (Firm)
• BBC Video (Firm)
• BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Horsebridge Productions (Firm)
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Armitage, Richard, 1971-
• Bowker, Peter
• Brozel, Mark
• Cabrera, Santiago
• Chandler, Simon
• Evans, Rupert
• Fraiman, Ed
• Hawes, Keeley, 1976-
• Henderson, Shirley, 1965-
• James, Lennie
• Jarvis, Martin
• Knowland, Nicolas D
• Lawson, Twiggy
• Lewis, Damian, 1971-
• McAvoy, James, 1979-
• Miller, Tony, 1964-
• Moffat, Peter, 1962-
• Mole, Charlie
• Murray, Jaime, 1976-
• Nicholls, David
• O'Donnell, Anthony., 1948-
• Parish, Sarah
• Paterson, Bill, 1945-
• Percival, Brian
• Piper, Billie, 1982-
• Richards, David
• Santer, Diederick
• Sewell, Rufus, 1967-
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Small, Sharon, 1967-
• Staunton, Imelda, 1956-
• Tompkinson, Stephen
• Vegas, Johnny, 1971-
• Wainwright, Sally
• Wilkie, Pier

Subject

• Cooks -- Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Marriage -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama
• Resorts -- Drama
• Restaurants -- Drama
• Sexual animosity -- Drama
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations
• Television news anchors -- Drama
• Television plays
• Television programs
• Television serials

Genre

• Drama
• Film and video adaptations
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Melodrama
• Television programs
• Television serials

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

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)

Dewey number

791.45/75

Language note

Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.S5354774374 2007

PerformerNote

• (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

Runtime

360

Target audience

general

Technique

live action