SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

US comedy detective series. ATOMIC SHAKESPEARE opens with a boy who is disappointed that he has to read Shakespeare for his homework, rather than watch his favourite programme MOONLIGHTING. Dejectedly he goes to his room and begins reading The Taming of the Shrew which is performed by members of the cast in an adaptation written in a version of Elizabethan verse. The episode ends with the boy asking his mother if MOONLIGHTING is still on, she replies ‘No, but it wasn’t very good tonight anyway’.

Series

Moonlighting

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

25 Nov 1986 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Will MacKenzie

Writer

Jeff Reno; Ron Osborn

Cast

Cybill Shepherd	Maddie Hayes (Katherina)
Bruce Willis	David Addison Jr (Petruchio)
Allyce Beasley	Agnes DiPesto (Bianca)
Curtis Armstrong	Herbert Quentin Viola (Lucentio)

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Taming of the Shrew, The

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Sold on DVD as MOONLIGHTING. Series 3.
For notes and commentary on the episode and an excerpt from the script visit http://home.earthlink.net/~bcmadsen/Moonlighting/episode31.html. DVD extras include Shepherd and Willis reunited on ` a breezy commentary on Shakespeare’.

History

Episode 31 in series 3.

Awards

Will MacKenzie won the 1987 Director’s Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows for this episode.

Production Company

Name

ABC Circle Films

Name

Picturemaker Productions

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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