SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Much Ado About Nothing

Synopsis

Production, for Polish television, of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Ludwik Rene. Andrzej Lapicki is Benedick and Elzbieta Czyzewska is Beatrice.

Language

Polish

Country

Poland

Medium

Television

Transmission details

25 May 1964 (Channel: Teatr TV - TVP1)

Duration

71 mins

Credits

Director

Ludwik Rene

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Tadeusz Baird

Production Design

Andrzej Strumillo

Adaptor for Television

Kazimierz Oracz

Cast

Elzbieta Czyzewska	Beatrice
Andrzej Lapicki	Benedick
Michal Pawlicki	Claudio
Edward Fetting	Don Pedro
Mieczyslaw Czechowicz	Dogberry
Andrzej Nowakowski	Don John
Czeslaw Roszkowski	Verges
Elzbieta Zagorska	Ursula
Hanna Zembrzuska	Hero
Hugo Krzyski	Friar Francis
Jaroslaw Skulski	Conrade
Leonato Krasnowiecki	Leonato
Maria Broniewska	Margaret
Ryszard Kubiak	Watchman
Stanislaw Wyszynski	Borachio
Wojciech Skibinski	Balthasar
Zbigniew Skowronski

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Renaissance Italy

Plays

Much Ado About Nothing

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information

Translated into Polish by Jan Kasprowicz, Stanislaw Kozmian, Jozef Paskowski and Leon Ulrich (a blend of four translations). Textual adviser Antoni Debicki.

Reviews

Fabiszak, Jacek, Polish Televised Shakespeares: a Study of Shakespeare Productions Within the Television Theatre Format (Poznan: Motivex, 2005). pp. 60-63.

Production Company

Name

Teatr Telewizji

Archive

Name

Telewizja Polska

Email

http://www.tvp.pl/o-tvp/kontakt

Web

http://www.tvp.pl External site opens in new window

Phone

(22) 547 44 50

Address

Polish Television
17. J.P. Woronicza St
00-999, WARSAW
Poland