Measure for Measure

Alternative title
The Shakespeare Plays
Synopsis
Television production of the play starring Kenneth Colley as Duke, Tim Pigott-Smith as Angelo and Kate Nelligan as Isabella.
Series
BBC Television Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain; United States
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
17 May 1978
Transmission details
18 Feb 1979 at 20:05 (Channel: BBC2)
Duration
145 mins

Credits

Director
Desmond Davis
Producer
Cedric Messina
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
David Lloyd-Jones; London Early Music Group
Costume
Odette Barrow
Art Direction
Stuart Walker
Contributor
Alan Shallcross
Cast
Kenneth ColleyVincentio, Duke of Vienna
Tim Pigott-SmithAngelo
Kate NelliganIsabella
Christopher StrauliClaudio
Kevin StoneyEscalus
Adrienne CorriMistress Overdone
Alan TuckerFirst Gentleman (Gentleman)
Alun ArmstrongProvost
David BrowningJustice
David LassmanPageboy (Attendant)
Eileen PageFrancesca, a nun
Ellis JonesElbow
Frank MiddlemassPompey
Geoffrey CousinsServant
Godfrey JackmanFriar Thomas
Harry JonesPageboy (Attendant)
Jacqueline PearceMariana
John AbbottSecond Gentleman (Gentleman)
John CleggFroth
John McEneryLucio
John SarbuttPageboy (Attendant)
Neil McCarthyAbhorson
Nicholas TudorPageboy (Attendant)
Tony FrielPageboy (Attendant)
William SleighBarnardine
Yolande PalfreyJuliet

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Historical period
17th Century
Plays
Measure for Measure
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure

Notes

Notes
The production is commercially available on DVD as part of the BBC TV SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION box set (see separate entry).
History
This production was part of the first season (producer: Cedric Messina). Recording took six days.
Textual information
Between 1978 and 1986 the BBC published individual scripts of the series. Each volume of The BBC TV Shakespeare, ed. Peter Alexander et al. (London: British Broadcasting Corporation) contains the full text of the play (the Peter Alexander edition) with accompanying notes on the scene breaks and cuts made in the production, as well as a glossary. A general introduction to the play by series literary advisor John Wilders is followed by an essay on the production of the play by Henry Fenwick. This is based on interviews with actors, directors, and designers.
Reviews
Susan Willis, The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991).

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Name

Time-Life Films Inc

Phone
0101 201 843 4545
Address
PO Box 644
NJ 07652
USA

Distributor

Name

Simply Media

Contact
Laura Smith
Email
info@simplymedia.tv
Web
http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window
Phone
0203 542 3722
Address
Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ
Notes
Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Trumedia Ltd

Contact
Bill Cotton
Email
sales@trumedia.co.uk
Web
https://trumedia.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01865 847837
Fax
01865 847837
Address
9 Meadow View
Kidlington
Kidlington
OX5 2XY
Notes
Trumedia supplies video tapes and DVDs to UK schools, colleges and universities and is geared up to take official orders from educational institutions. The catalogue highlights programmes likely to be of use in the curriculum, but the company can supply any video in current UK distribution, as well as some deleted titles. Particularly strong in the areas of English literature and drama, as well as history, natural history, art & artists, and foreign language films.

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/13708 (Accessed 06 Oct 2024)