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  | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Box Set (3 Discs) (Ovation)Features the voices of: Zoe Wanamaker, Timothy West & Felicity Kendal £13.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £39.99 | You save: £26.00 (65%) In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours |
- 'Making Of' documentary (30 mins)
- Interactive menus
- Scene selection
This Animated Shakespeare Box Set, winner of 2 Emmy awards, contains 12 of the bard's plays that were originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1994. The scripts for the 'Animated Tales' have been adapted from the original Shakespeare by Leon Garfield. A reknowed Shakespearean scholar, Garfield worked closely with a panel of academic experts to create plays that are masterfully abridged to only 30 minutes, yet are faithful to Shakespeare's language and plots.
The 12 episodes are :
1. Romeo & Juliet
2. Twelfth Night
3. The Tempest
4. A Midsummer's Nights Dream
5. Richard III
6. Othello
7. The Taming Of The Shrew
8. Macbeth
9. A Winter's Tale
10. As You Like It
11. Hamlet
12. Julius Caesar
Average rating (1 review)
To be or not to be...
Gopher | 06/06/2007 | See all Gopher's reviews (17) »
Ok for the people like myself, who just like their Shakespeare not too complicated (but not watered down), this DVD is fantastic. The animated tales were shown on the BBC2 channel and until now they were lost into the ether but now they are on DVD for you to enjoy. For the price it's a fantastic way to watch the story's unfold and some of the animation is really well done. My favourite is A midsummer night dream but all of them are very good to watch.
Features the voices of: Zoe Wanamaker, Timothy West, Felicity Kendal, Alun Armstrong, Maggie Steed, Martin Jarvis, Joss Ackland & Jenny Agutter | |
PG | |
1994 | |
Fullscreen 4:3 | |
English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo | |
5 hours and 10 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
