Shakespeare is rightly considered the world's greatest playwright for the soaring beauty of his language, for his profound insight into human nature, for the truths he dramatized and for the realism of the characters he created. He was, and remains, a superb entertainer.
These BBC and Time-Life film productions feature some of Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent (Anthony Hopkins, Sir John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom and more), these DVD's now are the number-one choice for continuing personal enjoyment.
This special Drama DVD Giftbox Set contains 5 of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies: *Romeo and Juliet
*Hamlet
*Macbeth
*Julius Caesar
*Othello.
The Plays contain sub-titles in English that can be turned on or off.
TV Guide Raves: "Shakespeare Would Be Amused.by the care, money, time and talent that are being lavished on the mammoth task of producing all 37 of his plays."
- Actors: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter, Lalla Ward
- Director: Rodney Bennett
- Director: Herbert Wise
- Director: Jack Gold
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Original Language): French
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2002-07-22
- Running Time: 906 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1980-11-10
