SHAKESPEARE RE-TOLD

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• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The four cutting-edge productions in this collection bring Shakespeare alive for a 21st century audience. Macbeth is the chef in a three-star restaurant, slicing apart his celebrity boss, Duncan. Beatrice and Benedick are rival co-anchors on a nightly newscast whose open hostility masks passion of a different kind. Titania and Bottom carouse together in a tawdry theme resort called Dream Park. And the eccentric aristocrat Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative MP Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience. Playful, cunning and passionate, these adaptations breathe new life into four classic plays, perfectly complementing the great BBC Shakespeare tradition.
• Cast: Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Lennie James, Sharon Small, Dean Lennox Kelly, William Ash, Zoe Tapper, Rupert Evans, Michelle Bonnard, Johnny Vegas, Simon Day, Mina Anwar, Ben Crompton, Emmanuel Ighodaro, Andy Williams, Amy Darcy, Nick Malinowski, Qaseem Ansari, Meg Faragher, Patrick Adolphe, Daniel Larner, Brian Percival, Mark Brozel, David Richards
• Director: Brian Percival
• Runtime: 6:00
• Company: BBC
• Media Format: Movie