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Title Antony & Cleopatra / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; a production by Jonathan Miller.

Publication Info. New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2000 or 2001]

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 Moore Video  PR2802 .A23 2000    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
Series The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Tragedy
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1987. Ambrose Video. Tragedy.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Cast 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).
Credits Senior cameraman, Pat Atkinson ; music composed by Stephen Oliver ; videotape editor, Howard Dell.
Note Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1981.
Event Taped Mar. 5-10, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London.
Note DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format.
System Details 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.
Subject Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama.
Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama.
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.
Genre/Form Television plays.
Television plays.
Television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Added Author Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019.
Paul, John, 1921-1995.
Adams, Jonathan, 1931-2005.
Lapotaire, Jane.
Blakely, Colin.
Angadi, Darien.
Key, Janet, 1945-1992.
Goorney, Howard, 1921-2007.
McFarlane, Cassie, 1958-
James, Emrys, 1928-1989.
Huckstep, Kevin.
Anthony, M. (Michael)
Shamsi, Mohammad, 1929-
Charleson, Ian.
Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. BBC TV Shakespeare (London, England)
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Time-Life Television.
Ambrose Video Publishing.
Note Title on container: Antony and Cleopatra
Music No. 030 Ambrose Video