The BBC Television Shakespeare (The Memorable TV Guide to British Television)

UK / BBC / 1978-85

Producers: Cedric Messina, Jonathan Miller, Shaun Sutton

An attempt to stage all of Shakespeare's 37 plays to form a definitive canon of his work, however the attempt lacked cohesion as the plays were filmed in such a wide variety of styles, with some shot on film, some studio bound etc. The casts though featured the cream of British acting talent including John Gielgud, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, James Bolam, Timothy West, and Virginia McKenna. see individual entries for more details.

An alphabetical listing of the plays produced:-

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1980)

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1981)

AS YOU LIKE IT (1979)

CYMBELINE (1983)

HAMLET (1980)

HENRY II (1979)

HENRY IV PARTS 1 AND 2 (1979)

HENRY V (1979)

HENRY VI PARTS 1-3 (1983)

JULIUS CAESAR (1979)

KING LEAR (1982)

MACBETH (1983)

MEASURE FOR MEASURE (1978)

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (1980)

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1984)

OTHELLO (1980)

PERICLES PRINCE OF TYRE (1984)

RICHARD II (1982)

RICHARD III (1982)

ROMEO AND JULIET (1978)

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1980)

THE TEMPEST (1980)

TIMON OF ATHENS (1981)

TITUS ANDRONICUS (1985)

THE TRAGEDY OF CORIALANUS (1984)

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (1981)

TWELFTH NIGHT (1980)

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (1984)

THE WINTERS TALE

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