Shakespeare at the BBC: Comedies (Stuart Burge;John Gorrie;Jonathan Miller;Elijah Moshinsky;Jane Howell;) (DVD / Box Set)

Collection of five BBC dramatisations of Shakespeare's comedic plays. In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' 1981 Helen Mirren stars as the mischievous fairy queen Titania in the tale of four Athenian lovers, six actors and a wedding in a magical forest. 'Much Ado About Nothing' 1984 sees the two princes Claudio Robert Reynolds and Benedick Robert Lindsay battling to win the hearts of those they love. The object of Benedick's desire, Beatrice Cherie Lunghi, acts as his sharp-tongued sparring partner, while Claudio's path to true love is obstructed by the meddling of the embittered Don John Vernon Dobtcheff. In 'The Taming of the Shrew' 1980 John Cleese plays Petruchio with Sarah Badel as Katharine, the woman he pursues and ultimately wins. In 'The Winter's Tale' 1981 Jeremy Kemp stars as King Leontes who suspects his pregnant wife Hermione Anna Calder-Marshall and his old friend Polixenes Robert Stephens of betraying him and having an affair. In 'Twelfth Night' 1980 Felicity Kendal stars as Viola who is shipwrecked and loses contact with her twin, only to disguise herself as a young man, enter the service of a duke and become involved in a complex love triangle.
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