SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Feature film. An awkward Scottish schoolboy eventually finds love. Comedy set in a Scottish new town. Includes a scene in a classroom where Andy (Buchanan) reads aloud from Puck’s speech ending `...and straightway loved an ass’ (III ii) appropriate to the theme of the film.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1980

Duration

91 mins

Credits

Director

Bill Forsyth

Producer

Clive Parsons; Davina Belling

Cinematographer

Michael Coulter

Music

Colin Tully

Cast

Clare Grogan	Susan
Dee Hepburn	Dorothy
John Gordon Sinclair	Gregory
Robert Buchanan	Andy

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

Fabb. N. ‘Dreaming Shakespeare: Locating Gregory’s Girl’. Critical Quarterly 29 (1987), pp100-07.

Production Company

Name

Lake Film Productions

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets