Antony & Cleopatra / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; a production by Jonathan Miller.
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Antony & Cleopatra / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; a production by Jonathan Miller.
Publication Information:
New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2000 or 2001]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1981.
DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format.
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive.
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.
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MPAA rating: Not rated.
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Performer:
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).
Production Credits:
Senior cameraman, Pat Atkinson ; music composed by Stephen Oliver ; videotape editor, Howard Dell.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Taped Mar. 5-10, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London.
OCLC Number:
ocm46358961
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1