BBC Television Shakespeare
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First Air DateDec 03, 1978
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Rotten tomato40%
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Original titleBBC Television Shakespeare
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ReleaseDec 03, 1978
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Overview
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
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Music Supervisor
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Casts
Season 1 ( 1978-12-03)
Romeo and Juliet
King Richard the Second
As You Like It
Julius Caesar
Measure For Measure
Henry VIII
King Henry the Fourth, Part I
King Henry the Fourth, Part II
King Henry the Fifth
Twelfth Night, or, What You Will
The Tempest
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King Lear
The Merry Wives of Windsor
King Henry the Sixth, Part I
King Henry the Sixth, Part II
King Henry the Sixth, Part III
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
Cymbeline
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The Life and Death of King John
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Titus Andronicus
Season 2 ( 1979-12-09)
Henry IV, Part One
Henry IV, Part Two
King Henry the Fifth
Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Hamlet
Season 3 ( 1980-10-23)
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Season 4 ( 1981-10-04)
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Season 5 ( 1982-09-19)
King Lear
Cymbeline
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Henry VI, Part One
Henry VI, Part Two
Henry VI, Part Three
Richard III
Season 6 ( 1983-10-17)
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Coriolanus
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Season 7 ( 1984-11-24)
King John
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Titus Andronicus
