| Description |
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
THE COMPLETE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. TRAGEDY
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Cast |
John Paul (Canidius), Jonathan Adams (Ventidius), Jane Lapotaire (Cleopatra), Colin Blakely (Antony), Darien Angadi (Alexas), Janet Key (Chairman), Howard Goorney (Soothsayer), Cassie McFarlane (Iras), Emrys James (Enobarbus), Kevin Huckstep (Messenger), Michael Anthony (Messenger), Mohammad Shamsi (Mardian), Ian Charleson (Octavius Caesar), Esmond Knight (Lepidus), Harry Waters (Thidias), David Neal (Proculeius), Anthony Pedley (Agrippa), Geoffrey Collins (Dolabella), Donald Sumpter (Pompeius), George Innes (Menas), Desmond Stokes (Menecrates), Lynn Farleigh (Octavia), David Kincaid (Cleopatra's Messenger), Simon Chandler (Eros), Pat Connell (Soldier), Christopher Ettridge (Scarus), George Howe (Euphronius), John Eastham (Servant), Iain Rattray (Soldier), Frederick Warder (Soldier), Michael Egan (Soldier), Alec Sabin (Dercetas), Jimmy Gardner (Clown). |
| Credits |
Senior cameraman, Pat Atkinson ; music composed by Stephen Oliver ; videotape editor, Howard Dell. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1981. |
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Taped Mar. 5-10, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London. |
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DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format. |
| System Details |
System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra. |
| Subject |
Antonius, Marcus, 83?-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Television plays.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
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Paul, John.
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Adams, Jonathan.
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Lapotaire, Jane.
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Blakely, Colin.
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Angadi, Darien.
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Key, Janet.
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Goorney, Howard.
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McFarlane, Cassie.
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James, Emrys, 1930-1989.
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Huckstep, Kevin.
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Anthony, Michael.
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Shamsi, Mohammad.
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Charleson, Ian.
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Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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Time-Life Television.
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Ambrose Video Publishing.
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| Added Title |
BBC TV Shakespeare (Television program)
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| ISBN |
$49.99 |
| Music # |
030 Ambrose Video |
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