Shakespeare Behind Bars
[ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 9/Nov/2006 ] M - Contains moderate themes. |
The Thames Shakespeare Collection
[ Via Vision Entertainment DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2022 ] This collection features superlative television productions of four of Shakespeare's best-loved plays. Featuring electrifying performances from some of Britain's most accomplished actors and leading RSC players, these productions bring Shakepeare's... |
ALFRED DELLER
Portrait of a Voice - a film by Benoit Jacquot (with free CD of Shakespeare Songs) Alfred Deller [ Harmonia Mundi France / 2 DVD/CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] G : - Back in 1975 Benoit Jacquot, then a very young director met up with Alfred Deller to make this documentary-interview, which offers one of the very few filmed documents of the most famous countertenor of the modern era. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Phyllida Lloyd's all female Shakespeare: Julius Caesar / Henry IV / The Tempest (recorded 2012-2016) Dame Harriet Walter, and full cast [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Macbeth (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2013) Globe / Joseph Millson, Samantha Spiro, Stuart Bowman, Billy Boyd / Eve Best (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in October 2009) Globe Theatre / Philip Cumbus / Trystan Gravelle / William Mannering / Jack Farthing / Michelle Terry [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "With a delightful design and jaunty music it has abundant charm… Entirely enchanting" The Times |
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Shakespeare: As You Like It (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in October 2009) Globe / Brendan Hughes / Naomi Frederick / Laura Rogers / Philip Bird / Jamie Parker / Jack Laskey [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Naomi Frederick's superb Rosalind is a woman of wit and intelligence… Laskey's Orlando is equally bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and the playfulness between the two is a pleasure" The Guardian |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) Globe / Andrew Vincent / Philip Cumbus / Michael O'Hagan / Atetomiwa Edun / Ellie Kendrick [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love." Daily Telegraph |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (recorded live at the Globe Theatre in 2017) Globe Theatre / Marc Antolin, Tony Jayawardena, Joshua Lacey, Katy Owen, Annette McLaughlin [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2019 ] Twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, separated and believing each other to be dead. Beside herself with grief, Viola disguises herself as a boy and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. |
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Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 2 (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2012) Globe Theatre / Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Marten [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Dominic Dromgoole's acclaimed Olivier award-winning production is brought to its conclusion in Part 2 of Shakespeare's historical masterpiece, Henry IV - a thrilling tale of family, treachery and war that surveys the entire panorama of English life. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Kings & Rogues: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 / Henry VIII / Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London) Globe Theatre / Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Marten, Dominic Rowan, Christopher Benjamin, Serena Evans, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Rebellion and maturity run through Shakespeare's histories like a single twisted thread, exemplified by the tearaway-turned-hero Hal and his forever adolescent associate Falstaff, who deserves and gets a comedy to himself in The Merry Wives of Windsor. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 1 (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2012) Globe Theatre / Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Martenra Marten [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] PG Violence and coarse language: The first instalment of what is widely acknowledged to be Shakespeare's greatest historical saga, Henry IV Part 1 is an epic tale of power, treachery and war, exploring the complexity of father-son relationships. |
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Othello (A Johannesburg Market Theatre Production, 1988) John Kani / Richard Haines / Joanna Weinberg / Janet Suzman / Janet Suzman [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] G :- "...a production that made you rethink Othello - and marvel once again at how Shakespeare can never be out of fashion" The Listener |
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Othello (recorded live in June, 2015) Royal Shakespeare Company / Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham & Jacob Fortune-Lloyd / Iqbal Khan (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies. Lucian Msamati makes theatrical history in being the first black actor ever to play Iago at the RSC. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (recorded live in 2014) Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Alex Hassell, Jasper Britton / Simon Godwin (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/May/2015 ] Containing Shakespeare's Henry IV parts 1 and 2, this double set features outstanding Royal Shakespeare Company productions available in a specially priced set. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) Royal Shakespeare Company / Sam Alexander, Peter Basham, William Belchambers, Edward Bennett, David Horovitch, Chris Nayak [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Containing Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost and Love's Labours Won, this double set features outstanding Royal Shakespeare Company productions available for the very first time. Running time: 4 hours 48 minutes (plus extras) Subtitles:... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) Royal Shakespeare Company / Simon Russell Beale, Joe Dixon, Mark Quartley, Jenny Rainsford, Simon Trinder [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Aug/2017 ] In a unique partnership with Intel, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production uses today's most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare's magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience. Simon Russell Beale returns to... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Comedy, Romance, Tragedy (As You Like It / Love's Labour's Lost / Romeo & Juliet) Globe Theatre / Brendon Hughes, Jack Laskey, Trevor Martin, Philip Cumbus, Trystan Gravelle, William Mannering, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2010 ] Shakespeare's Globe productions of As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost and Romeo & Juliet are offered in this exclusive limited edition box set. |