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Waste of Shame, A (2005 Television)
- Director
- John McKay
- Producer
- Chrissy Skinns
A drama exploring the ‘love triangle’ described in Shakespeare’s sonnets - the identity of the Dark Lady, the Fair Youth and Mr WH. Writer William Boyd comments, "the lustful, misogynistic tone of the...
Much Ado About Nothing (2005 Television, Video)
aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold
- Series
- Shakespeare-Told
- Director
- Brian Percival
- Producer
- Diederick Santer
A modern television interpretation of Shakespeare’s play, with contemporary dialogue, presented as a screwball comedy and set in a provincial newsroom. Beatrice and Benedick discuss and analyse Sonnet 116...
Macbeth (2005 Television, Video)
aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold
- Series
- Shakespeare-Told
- Director
- Mark Brozel
- Producer
- Pier Wilkie
A modern television interpretation of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue set in the kitchen of a Michelin-starred restaurant. When the owner takes credit for Joe’s dedication, Joe’s...
Taming of the Shrew, The (2005 Television, Video)
aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold
- Series
- Shakespeare-Told
- Director
- Dave Richards
- Producer
- Diederick Santer
A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. Katherine Minola is a talented, single, and quick-tempered, politician who is put under pressure to marry by her family and her...
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2005 Television, Video)
aka: Shakespeare Re-Told Shakespeare Retold
- Series
- Shakespeare-Told
- Director
- Ed Fraiman
- Producer
- Pier Wilkie
A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. The comedy is transferred to the Dream Park holiday centre where Theo and Polly have come to celebrate their daughter’s...
Shakespeare’s Happy Endings (2005 Television)
- Director
- Stephen Leslie
- Producer
- Ben Evans
A comic account, part documentary, part staged performance, of some of the bowlderisations of Shakespeare’s plays in the history of the theatre. Presenter Patrick Barlow talks of a 1681 production of King...
Culture Show, The [10/03/05] (2005 Television)
aka: Othello in Brixton
- Series
- Culture Show, The
Television arts and culture magazine programme presented by Mark Kermode. Includes an excerpt (c30 minutes) from rehearsals of Othello by the inmates of Brixton prison in south London. The Dream Factory, at...
Tempest, The (2005 Video)
- Director
- Tim Carroll
A production of The Tempest, with three actors, directed by Tim Carroll and staged at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
South Bank Show, The [01/05/2005] (2005 Television)
- Series
- South Bank Show, The
- Director
- Gerald Fox
- Producer
- Gerald Fox
A National Theatre production of Henry IV parts 1 and II opened in the Olivier Theatre, May 2005. The programme is a fly-on-the-wall account of one day’s rehearsals. The play’s director, Nicholas Hynter,...
Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005 Television, Video)
- Director
- Hank Rogerson; Jilann Spitzmiller
Documentary. Twenty male inmates of the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky form an acting troupe and perform The Tempest. The film follows the inmates through a 40-week rehearsal...