The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection
VIDEO : ROMEO AND JULIET - John Gielgud as the Chorus
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37 DVDs : 5940 minutes :
L'intégrale des pièces de Shakespeare mises en scène par la BBC.
En anglais, pas de sous-titres français.
The 37 Plays
Series one, Cedric Messina, producer
Romeo and Juliet
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o Taping dates, January 31-February 5, 1978
o First transmitted in the UK, December 3, 1978
o First transmitted in the US, March 14, 1979
o Directed by Alvin Rakoff
o Patrick Ryecart as Romeo
o Rebecca Saire as Juliet
o Celia Johnson as the Nurse
o Michael Hordern as Lord Capulet
o John Gielgud as the Chorus
o Anthony Andrews as Mercutio
o Alan Rickman as Tybalt
o Joseph O'Conor as Friar Lawrence
o Laurence Naismith as Prince Escalus
o Jacqueline Hill as Lady Capulet
o Christopher Strauli as Benvolio
o Christopher Northey as Paris
o Paul Henry as Peter
o Roger Davidson as Balthasar
o John Paul as Montague
o David Sibley as Sampson
o Jack Carr as Gregory
Richard II
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o Taping dates, April 12-17, 1978
o First transmitted in the UK, December 10, 1978
o First transmitted in the US, March 28, 1979
o Directed by David Giles
o Derek Jacobi as Richard II
o Jon Finch as Henry Bolingbroke
o John Gielgud as John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
o Charles Gray as Edmund Langley, Duke of York
o Wendy Hiller as the Duchess of York
o Mary Morris as the Duchess of Gloucester
o David Swift as the Duke of Northumberland
o Clifford Rose as the Bishop of Carlisle
o Charles Keating as Duke of Aumerle
o Richard Owens as Thomas Mowbray
o Janet Maw as the Queen
o Jeffrey Holland as the Duke of Surrey
o Jeremy Bulloch as Henry Percy
o Robin Sachs as Bushy
o Damien Thomas as Bagot
o Alan Dalton as Green
o David Dodimead as Lord Ross
o John Flint as Lord Willoughby
o Carl Oatley as Earl Berkeley
o William Whymper as Sir Stephen Scroop
o John Barcroft as Earl of Salisbury
o David Garfield as Welsh Captain
o Desmond Adams as Sir Pierce of Exton
o Joe Ritchie as groom
o Paddy Ward as keeper
o Bruno Barnabe as Abbot of Westminster
o Jonathan Adams as gardener
o Alan Collins as gardener's man
o John Curless as Lord Fitzwater
o Terry Wright as murderer
o Ronald Fernee as servant
o Tim Brown as herald
o Mike Lewin as herald
o Phillanda Sewell as Queen's lady
o Sandra Frieze as Queen's lady
As You Like It
*
o Taping dates, May 30-June 16, 1978
o First transmitted in the UK, December 17, 1978
o First transmitted in the US, February 28, 1979
o Directed by Basil Coleman
o Helen Mirren as Rosalind
o Brian Stirner as Orlando
o Richard Pasco as Jaques
o Angharad Rees as Celia
o James Bolam as Touchstone
o Clive Francis as Oliver
o Richard Easton as Duke Frederick
o Tony Church as Duke Senior
o John Quentin as Le Beau
o Maynard Williams as Silvius
o Victoria Plucknett as Phebe
o Marilyn Le Conte as Audrey
o Tom McDonnell as Amiens
o David Lloyd Meredith as Corin
o Arthur Hewlett as Adam
o David Prowse as Charles the Wrestler
o John Moulder-Brown as Hyman
Julius Caesar
*
o Taping dates, July 26-31, 1978
o First transmitted in UK, February 11, 1979
o First transmitted in the US, February 14, 1979
o Directed by Herbert Wise
o Charles Gray as Julius Caesar
o Keith Michell as Marcus Antonius
o Richard Pasco as Brutus
o David Collings as Cassius
o Virginia McKenna as Portia
o Elizabeth Spriggs as Calpurnia
o Sam Dastor as Casca
o Garrick Hagon as Octavius Caesar
o Alexander Davion as Decius Brutus
o Darien Angadi as Cinna
o Roger Bizley as Metellus Cimber
o Jon Laurimore as Flavius
o John Sterland as Marullus
o Andrew Hilton as Lucilius
o Anthony Dawes as Ligarius
o Manning Wilson as Cicero
o Ronald Forfar as The Soothsayer
Measure for Measure
*
o Taping dates, May 17-22, 1978
o First transmitted in the UK, February 18, 1979
o First transmitted in the US, April 11, 1979
o Directed by Desmond Davis
o Kate Nelligan as Isabella
o Tim Pigott-Smith as Angelo
o Kenneth Colley as the Duke
o John McEnery as Lucio
o Frank Middlemass as Pompey
o Alun Armstrong as Provost
o Christopher Strauli as Claudio
o Jacqueline Pearce as Mariana
o Kevin Stoney as Escalus
o Adrienne Corri as Mistress Overdone
o Ellis Jones as Elbow
o John Clegg as Froth
o William Sleigh as Barnardine
o Yolanda Vazquez as Juliet
o Godfrey Jackman as Friar Thomas
o Neil McCarthy as Abhorson
o Eileen Page as Francesca
Henry VIII
*
o Taping dates, November 27, 1978-January 7, 1979
o First transmitted in UK, February 25, 1979
o First transmitted in the US, April 25, 1979
o Directed by Kevin Billington
o John Stride as Henry VIII
o Claire Bloom as Katharine
o Timothy West as Cardinal Wolsey
o Ronald Pickup as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
o Barbara Kellerman as Anne Bullen
o Julian Glover as Duke of Buckingham
o John Rowe as Cromwell
o Peter Vaughan as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
o Lewis Fiander as Duke of Suffolk
o Jeremy Kemp as Duke of Norfolk
o Charles Lloyd Pack as Lord Sandys
o David Rintoul as Lord Abergavenny
o David Troughton as Surveyor
o John Rhys-Davies as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
o Nigel Lambert as Sir Thomas Lovell
o Emma Kirkby as Katherine's Singer
o Tony Church as Prologue
Series two, Cedric Messina, producer
Henry IV, part 1
*
o taping dates, March 7-12, 1979
o first transmitted in the UK, December 9, 1979
o first transmitted in the US, March 26, 1980
o directed by David Giles
o Anthony Quayle as Sir John Falstaff
o Jon Finch as King Henry the Fourth
o David Gwillim as Henry, Prince of Wales
o Tim Pigott-Smith as Henry Percy, Hotspur
o Clive Swift as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
o Bruce Purchase as Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
o Michele Dotrice as Lady Percy
o Jack Galloway as Poins
o Brenda Bruce as Mistress Quickly
o Robert Morris as Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
o Richard Owens as Owen Glendower
o John Cairney as Archibald, Earl of Douglas
o David Neal as Scroop, Archbishop of York
o Rob Edwards as Prince John of Lancaster
o David Buck as Earl of Westmoreland
o Robert Brown as Sir Walter Blunt
o Gordon Gostelow as Bardolph
o Sharon Morgan as Lady Mortimer
Henry IV, part 2
*
o taping dates, April 11-16, 1979
o first transmitted in the UK, December 16, 1979
o first transmitted in the US, April 9, 1980
o directed by David Giles
o Anthony Quayle as Sir John Falstaff
o David Gwillim as Henry, Prince of Wales
o Jon Finch as King Henry the Fourth
o Bruce Purchase as Earl of Northumberland
o Jack Galloway as Poins
o Brenda Bruce as Mistress Quickly
o Frances Cuka as Doll Tearsheet
o Rob Edwards as Prince John of Lancaster
o David Neal as Scroop, Archbishop of York
o Ralph Michael as the Lord Chief Justice
o Gordon Gostelow as Bardolph
o Bryan Pringle as Pistol
o John Fowler as Falstaff's Page
o Robert Eddison as Justice Robert Shallow
o Leslie French as Justice Silence
o Jenny Laird as Lady Northumberland
o Michele Dotrice as Lady Percy
Henry V
*
o taping dates, June 18-25, 1979
o first transmitted in the UK, December 23, 1979
o first transmitted in the US, April 23, 1980
o directed by David Giles
o David Gwillim as Henry V
o Alec McCowen as Chorus
o Bryan Pringle as Pistol
o Tim Wylton as Fluellen
o Clifford Parrish as the Duke of Exeter
o Thorley Walters as Charles VI
o Keith Drinkel as Lewis the Dauphin
o Julian Glover as the Constable of France
o Garrick Hagon as Mountjoy the Herald
o Brenda Bruce as Mistress Quickly
o John Fowler as the Boy
o Jocelyne Boisseau as Princess Katherine
o Trevor Baxter as Archbishop of Canterbury
o John Abineri as Bishop of Ely
o Anna Quayle as Alice
o Brian Poyser as Gower
o Rob Beacham as Earl of Warwick
Twelfth Night
*
o taping dates, May 16-21, 1979
o first transmitted in the UK, January 6, 1980
o first transmitted in the US, February 27, 1980
o directed by John Gorrie
o Felicity Kendal as Viola
o Alec McCowen as Malvolio
o Sinéad Cusack as Olivia
o Trevor Peacock as Feste
o Clive Arrindell as Orsino
o Robert Hardy as Sir Toby Belch
o Ronnie Stevens as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
o Annette Crosbie as Maria
o Michael Thomas as Sebastian
o Robert Lindsay as Fabian
o Maurice Roëves as Antonio
o Malcolm Reynolds as Valentine
o Ryan Michael as Curio
o Ric Morgan as the Sea Captain
o Arthur Hewlett as A Priest
o Andrew MacLachlan as the First Officer
o Peter Holt as the Second Officer
The Tempest
*
o taping dates, July 23-28, 1979
o first transmitted in the UK, February 27, 1980
o first transmitted in the US, May 7, 1980
o directed by John Gorrie
o Michael Hordern as Prospero
o David Dixon as Ariel
o Warren Clarke as Caliban
o Pippa Guard as Miranda
o Christopher Guard as Ferdinand
o Derek Godfrey as Antonio
o David Waller as Alonso
o Alan Rowe as Sebastian
o John Nettleton as Gonzalo
o Nigel Hawthorne as Stephano
o Andrew Sachs as Trinculo
o Kenneth Gilbert as Boatswain
o Christopher Bramwell as Adrian
o Paul Greenhalgh as Francisco
o Gwyneth Lloyd as Juno
o Elizabeth Gardner as Ceres
o Judith Rees as Iris
Hamlet
*
o taping dates, January 31-February 8, 1980
o first transmitted in the UK, May 25, 1980
o first transmitted in the US, November 10, 1980
o directed by Rodney Bennett
o Derek Jacobi as Hamlet
o Patrick Stewart as Claudius
o Claire Bloom as Gertrude
o Lalla Ward as Ophelia
o Eric Porter as Polonius
o Jonathan Hyde as Rosencrantz
o Geoffrey Bateman as Guildenstern
o Robert Swann as Horatio
o David Robb as Laertes
o Patrick Allen as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father
o Ian Charleson as Fortinbras
Series three, Jonathan Miller, producer
The Taming of the Shrew
*
o taping dates, June 18-24, 1980
o first transmitted in the UK, October 23, 1980
o first transmitted in the US, January 26, 1981
o directed by Jonathan Miller
o Sarah Badel as Katherine
o John Cleese as Petruchio
o Susan Penhaligon as Bianca
o Simon Chandler as Lucentio
o Jonathan Cecil as Hortensio
o Anthony Pedley as Tranio
o David Kincaid as Grumio
o John Franklyn-Robbins as Baptista
o Frank Thornton as Gremio
o Harry Waters as Biondello
o John Bird as the Pedant
o Joan Hickson as the Widow
o John Barron as Vincentio
o Alan Hay as the Tailor
o David Kinsey as the Haberdasher
o Angus Lennie as Curtis
The Merchant of Venice
*
o taping dates, May 15-21, 1980
o first transmitted in the UK, December 17, 1980
o first transmitted in the US, February 23, 1981
o directed by Jack Gold
o Warren Mitchell as Shylock
o Gemma Jones as Portia
o John Franklyn-Robbins as Antonio
o John Nettles as Bassiano
o Susan Jameson as Nerissa
o Kenneth Cranham as Gratiano
o Leslee Udwin as Jessica
o Richard Morant as Lorenzo
o Douglas Wilmer as the Duke of Venice
o John Rhys-Davies as Salerio
o Alan David as Solanio
o Marc Zuber as the Prince of Morocco
o Peter Gale as the Prince of Arragon
o Enn Reitel as Lancelot Gobbo
o Joe Gladwin as Old Gobbo
o Arnold Diamond as Tubal
All's Well That Ends Well
*
o taping dates, July 23-29, 1980
o first transmitted in the UK, January 4, 1981
o first transmitted in the US, May 18, 1981
o directed by Elijah Moshinsky
o Angela Down as Helena
o Ian Charleson as Bertram
o Peter Jeffrey as Parolles
o Celia Johnson as The Countess of Rousillion
o Michael Hordern as Lafeu
o Donald Sinden as the King of France
o Paul Brooke as Lavache
o Robert Lindsay as the first Lord Dumaine
o Dominic Jephcott as the Second Lord Dumaine
o Pippa Guard as Diana
o Rosemary Leach as The Widow of Florence
o Joolia Cappleman as Mariana
o Nickolas Grace as the "Interpreter"
o Kevin Stoney as the Countess's Stewart
o Terence McGinity as The First Gentleman
o Max Arthur as The Second Gentleman
The Winter's Tale
*
o taping dates, April 9-15, 1980
o first transmitted in the UK, February 8, 1981
o first transmitted in the US, June 8, 1981
o directed by Jane Howell
o Jeremy Kemp as Leontes
o Anna Calder-Marshall as Hermionie
o Margaret Tyzack as Paulina
o Robert Stephens as Polixenes
o David Burke as Camillo
o Rikki Fulton as Autolycus
o Debbie Farrington as Perdita
o Robin Kermode as Florizel
o Arthur Hewlett as The Old Shepard
o Paul Jesson as the Clown
o Cyril Luckham as Antigonus
o Jeremy Dimmick as Mamillius
o John Curless as Cleomenes
o Colin McCormack as Dion
o Harold Goldblatt as Time the Chorus
o Pat Gorman as The Bear
Timon of Athens
*
o taping dates, January 28-February 3, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, April 16, 1981
o first transmitted in the US, December 14, 1981
o directed by Jonathan Miller
o Jonathan Pryce as Timon
o Norman Rodway as Apemantus
o John Shrapnel as Alcibades
o John Welsh as Flavius
o John Fortune as the Poet
o John Bird as the Painter
o Hugh Thomas as Lucius
o James Cossins as Lucullus
o Donald Gee as Ventidius
o John Bailey as Sempronius
o Max Arthur as Lucillus
o Elyane Sharling as Phryina
o Diana Dors as Timandra
o David Kinsey as the Jeweller
o Geoffrey Collins as Flaminius
o Terence McGinity as Servilius
Antony and Cleopatra
*
o taping dates, March 5-10, 1980
o first transmitted in the US, April 20, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, May 8, 1981
o directed by Jonathan Miller
o Colin Blakely as Antony
o Jane Lapotaire as Cleopatra
o Ian Charleson as Octavius Caesar
Series four, Jonathan Miller, producer
Othello
*
o taping dates, March 9-17, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, October 4, 1981
o first transmitted in the US, October 12, 1981
o directed by Jonathan Miller
o Anthony Hopkins as Othello
o Bob Hoskins as Iago
o Penelope Wilton as Desdemona
o Rosemary Leach as Emilia
Troilus and Cressida
*
o taping dates, July 28-August 5, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, November 7, 1981
o first transmitted in the US, May 17, 1982
o directed by Jonathan Miller
o Anton Lesser as Troilus
o Suzanne Burden as Cressida
o Peter Whitbread as Calchas
A Midsummer Night's Dream
*
o taping dates, May 19-25, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, December 13, 1981
o first transmitted in the US, April 19, 1982
o directed by Elijah Moshinsky
o Estelle Kohler as Hippolyta
o Nigel Davenport as Theseus
o Hugh Quarshie as Philostrate
o Geoffrey Lumsden as Egeus
o Pippa Guard as Hermia
o Nicky Henson as Demetrius
o Robert Lindsay as Lysander
o Cherith Mellor as Helena
o Geoffrey Palmer as Quince
o Brian Glover as Bottom
o John Fowler as Flute
o Don Estelle as Starveling
o Nat Jackley as Snout
o Ray Mort as Snug
o Phil Daniels as Puck
o Helen Mirren as Titania
o Peter McEnery as Oberon
o Fairies:
+ Tania Bennett
+ Alexandra Segal
+ Louise Mason
+ Lee Macdonald
o Bruce Savage as Peaseblossom
o Massimo Mezzofanti as Cobweb
o Dominic Martelli as Moth
o Timothy Cross as Mustardseed
Series Five, Jonathan Miller and Shaun Sutton, producers
King Lear
*
o taping dates, March 26-April 2, 1982
o first transmitted in the UK, September 19, 1982
o first transmitted in the US, October 18, 1982
o directed by Jonathan Miller
o Michael Hordern as King Lear
o Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia
o John Shrapnel as Kent
Cymbeline
*
o taping dates, July 29-August 5, 1982
o first transmitted in the US, December 20, 1982
o first transmitted in the UK, July 10, 1983
o directed by Elijah Moshinsky
o Michael Pennington as Posthumous
o Helen Mirren as Imogen
o Robert Lindsay as Iachimo
o Michael Kitchen as Edmund
o Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia
The Merry Wives of Windsor
*
o taping dates, November 1-8, 1982
o first transmitted in the UK, December 28, 1982
o first transmitted in the US, January 31, 1983
o directed by David Hugh Jones
o Richard Griffiths as Falstaff
o Judy Davis as Mrs Ford
o Prunella Scales as Mrs Page
o Ben Kingsley as Ford
o Alan Bennett as Justice Shallow
Henry VI, part 1
*
o taping dates, October 13-19, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, January 2, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, March 27, 1983
o directed by Jane Howell
o Peter Benson as Henry VI
o Julia Foster as Margaret
o Trevor Peacock as Talbot (Earl of Shrewsbury)
o Bernard Hill as Richard Plantaganet, Duke of York
o Brenda Blethyn as Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc)
o Brian Deacon as Earl of Somerset
Henry VI, part 2
*
o taping dates, December 17-23, 1981
o first transmitted in the UK, January 9, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, April 10, 1983
o directed by Jane Howell
o Peter Benson as Henry VI
o Julia Foster as Margaret
o Bernard Hill as Richard Plantaganet, Duke of York
o Trevor Peacock as Jack Cade
o Brian Deacon as Duke of Somerset
o Ron Cook as Richard Plantaganet
Henry VI, part 3
*
o taping dates, February 10-17, 1982
o first transmitted in the UK, January 16, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, April 24, 1983
o directed by Jane Howell
o Peter Benson as Henry VI
o Julia Foster as Margaret
o Brian Protheroe as King Edward IV
o Bernard Hill as Richard Plantaganet, Duke of York
o Brian Deacon as Earl of Oxford
o Ron Cook as Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Richard III
*
o taping dates, March 31-April 6, 1982
o first transmitted in the UK, January 23, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, May 2, 1983
o directed by Jane Howell
o Ron Cook as Richard III
o Brian Deacon as Henry, Earl of Richmond
o Brian Protheroe as King Edward IV
Series six, Shaun Sutton, producer
Macbeth
*
o taping dates, June 22-28, 1982
o first transmitted in the US, October 17, 1983
o first transmitted in the UK, November 5, 1983
o directed by Jack Gold
o Nicol Williamson as Macbeth
o Jane Lapotaire as Lady Macbeth
o Tony Doyle as Macduff
o James Bolam as the Porter
The Comedy of Errors
*
o taping dates, November 3-9, 1983
o first transmitted in the UK, December 24, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, February 20, 1984
o directed by James Cellan Jones
o Michael Kitchen as Antipholus
o Roger Daltrey as Dromio
o Susanne Bertish as Adriana
o Charles Gray as Solinus
o Wendy Hillier as the Abbess
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
*
o taping dates, July 25-31, 1983
o first transmitted in the UK, December 27, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, April 23, 1984
o directed by Don Taylor
o Paul Daneman as the Duke
o John Hudson as Valentine
o Tyler Butterworth as Proteus
o Michael Byrne as Antonio
o David Collings as Thurio
o Joanne Pearce as Sylvia
o Tessa Peake-Jones as Julia
o Frank Barrie as Eglamour
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
*
o taping dates, April 18-26, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, March 26, 1984
o first transmitted in the UK, April 21, 1984
o directed by Elijah Moshinsky
o Alan Howard as Coriolanus
o Mike Gwilym as Aufidius
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
*
o taping dates, June 21-28, 1983
o first transmitted in the US, June 11, 1984
o first transmitted in the UK, December 8, 1984
o directed by David Hugh Jones
o Mike Gwilym as Pericles
o Annette Crosbie as Dionyza
o Clive Swift as Lord Cerimon
o Patrick Ryecart as Lysimachus
o Trevor Peacock as Boult
Series seven, Shaun Sutton, producer
Much Ado About Nothing
*
o taping dates, August 15-21, 1984
o first transmitted in the US, October 30, 1984
o first transmitted in the UK, December 22, 1984
o directed by Stuart Burge
o Robert Lindsay as Benedick
o Cherie Lunghi as Beatrice
o Robert Reynolds as Claudio
o Katharine Levy as Hero
King John
*
o taping dates, February 1-7, 1984
o first transmitted in the UK, November 24, 1984
o first transmitted in the US, January 11, 1985
o directed by David Giles
o Leonard Rossiter as King John
o George Costigan as Philip the Bastard
Love's Labour's Lost
*
o taping dates, June 30-July 6, 1984
o first transmitted in the UK, January 5, 1985
o first transmitted in the US, May 31, 1985
o directed by Elijah Moshinsky
o Jonathan Kent as the King of Navarre
o Maureen Lipman as the Princess of France
o David Warner as Don Armado
o Mike Gwilym as Berowne
Titus Andronicus
*
o taping dates, February 10-17, 1985
o first transmitted in the US, April 19, 1985
o first transmitted in the UK, April 27, 1985
o directed by Jane Howell
o Trevor Peacock as Titus Andronicus
o Eileen Atkins as Tamora
o Hugh Quarshie as Aaron
o Anna Calder-Marshall as Lavinia
