[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 28 April 2023
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Shakespeare's Globe, the reconstruction of his most famous London theatre, is at the centre of the astonishing global fascination with Britain's greatest playwright. Completed in 1997, it is a living theatrical experiment that has allowed audiences to experience the impact of Shakespeare's stories in the architecture for which he wrote; the result has been a rediscovery of the plays in all their human richness.
This collection brings together 26 Globe Theatre productions from 2009 to 2018, featuring the finest actors and leading directors in a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage. Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies contain dazzling poetry, romance, epic power struggles, human suffering and ingenious, raucous humour.
These films capture the unique atmosphere and theatrical space of the Globe Theatre, with the exhilarating sense of interaction in live performances between the audience and the actors on stage exquisitely maintained on screen.
Cast includes:
Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance, Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Samantha Spiro, Catherine Bailey, Eve Best, Jessie Buckley, Dominic Dromgoole, Blanche McIntyre, Jeremy Herrin, Toby Frow, Jonathan Munby
Recorded at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 2009-2018
The Plays:
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure For Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Antony And Cleopatra
Henry IV Part 1
Henry IV Part 2
Henry V
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
Richard II
Titus Andronicus
Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Bonus Disc:
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround (The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I and II, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, Henry VIII) / Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Surround (Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Doctor Faustus) / LPCM 2.0, DTS Digital Surround (Love's Labour's Lost, As You Like It, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet) / Dolby Digital Stereo (Hamlet, King Lear)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English (all) + German (The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, All's Well That Ends Well, Henry IV Parts I and II, Henry V, Henry VIII, Doctor Faustus) + French (The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth)
Running time: 58 hrs 25 mins
No. of DVDs: 27