the two gentlemen of verona / bbc (1983) // dvd

/THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA/ (1983)

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Dvd Region: 2+4 Pal (UK & Europe)
Certificate: PG
Running Time: Approx. 137 minutes
Originally Transmitted: 27th December 1983
Dvd Release Date: 2005
Released By: BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Distributed By: DD Home Entertainment
Format: Colour Dvd Pal
Language: English
Subtitles: English sdh
Audio: Mono
Format: 4:3
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A TRAGEDIE
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare’s plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors.

“What light is light, if Silvia be not seen?
What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by?
Unless it be to think that she is by
And feed upon the shadow of perfection.”

Two, great friends leave Verona for Milan. Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothed Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia . . . and he too becomes besotted.
One of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, this comedy examines the conflicts between friendship and love. This production, with Tyler Butterworth and John Hudson in the title roles, revels in the moral twists and turns undergone in the contests of wit, disguises of lovers, tragic betrayals, dangerous outlaws and comic interludes.

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Enter Valentine and Proteus
Valentine:

"Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus.
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.
Were’t not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honoured love,
I rather would entreat thy company
To see the wonders of the world abroad
Than, living dully sluggardized at home . . ."
William Shakespeare
Hys Most Excellent
Comedie
The Two
Gentlemen
Of Verona

DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Frank Barrie...Sir Eglamour
Tessa Peake-Jones...Julia
Joanne Pearce...Silvia
Hetta Charnley...Lucetta
Tyler Butterworth...Proteus
Tony Haygarth...Launce
John Hudson...Valentine
Nicholas Kaby...Speed
Michael Byrne...Antonio
John Woodnutt...Panthino
David Collings...Thurio
Daniel Flynn...Servant
Bella...Crab
Paul Daneman...Duke of Milan
Jonathan Taylor...Cupid
Charlotte Richardson...Cupid
Michael Graham Cox...Host

Lutenists

Bill Badley
Robin Jeffrey
Tom Finucane
Adam Kurakin...First Outlaw
John Baxter...Second Outlaw
Andrew Burt...Third Outlaw
~ et al . . . ~
Directed: Don Taylor
Adapted: William Shakespeare’s original play
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ABOUT THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
The accomplished elegance of the lyrical verse in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, as well as the skilful, theatrically effective prose of Lance’s monologues, demonstrating that Shakespeare had already developed his writing skills when he composed this play . . . The earliest mention of it is made by Francis Meres in 1598 and it may well have been Shakespeare’s first stage work. It was first printed in the 1623 Folio.

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