/THE TEMPEST/ (1980)
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- Dvd Region: 2+4 Pal (UK & Europe)
- Certificate: U
- Running Time: Approx. 125 minutes
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Originally Transmitted: 27th February 1980
- 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.
‘O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world,
that has such people in’t.’
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan
is now living on an enchanter island with his daughter Miranda,
the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a
storm to bring his brother – the usurper of his dukedom – along with
his royal entourage, to the island, Prospero contrives his revenge.
The quality cast of this production help bring to life the magic and
intrigue of a tale of spirits, sorcery, monsters, maidens and
shipwrecked, scheming noblemen. In what is regarded as his
final play, Shakespeare, at the height of his powers,
deftly explores the contrasting themes of control and power, illusion and reality and nature and society.
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CAST/CREDITS:
Cast in order of appearance
- Michael Hordern...Prospero
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Derek Godfrey...Antonio
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David Waller...Alonso
- Warren Clarke...Caliban
- Nigel Hawthorne...Stephano
- David Dixon...Ariel
- Andrew Sachs...Trinculo
- John Nettleton...Gonzalo
- Alan Rowe...Sebastion
- Pippa Guard...Miranda
- Christopher Guard...Ferdinand
- Kenneth Gilbert...Boatswain
- Edwin Brown...Master
- Paul Greenhaugh...Francisco
- Christopher Bramwell...Adrian
- Gwyneth Lloyd...Juno
- Elizabeth Gardner...Ceres
- Judith Rees...Iris
Spirits and Shapes
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John Alasdair
- Pierre Althoff
- Terry Jones Bates
- Roland Brine
- George Fetcher
- David Hepburn
- Rodney James
- Bernard Jamieson
- Arthur Sweet
- Marion Betzold
- Kate Castle
- Leonie Palette
~ et al . . . ~
- Director: John Gorrie
- Produced: Cedric Messina
- Adapted: William Shakespeare’s original play
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William Shakespeare
His Most Excellent
Tragedie
The
TEMPEST
A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning is heard,
Enter [severally] a Shipmaster and a Boatswain…
ABOUT THE TEMPEST
From its spectacular, storm-ravaged opening, Shakespeare’s last
play illustrates his genius for interweaving the tangible and intangible elements of human existence . . .
The Kings Men acted The Tempest before their
patron, James I & VI of Scotland, at Whitehall
on First Day of November 1611. (It was also chosen for performances during the festivities
for the marriage of James’s daughter, Princess Elizabeth,
to the Elector Palatine
during the winter of 1612-13.)
Shakespeare’s play takes place on a desert island
somewhere between Tunis and Naples; he derived some details of it from
his reading of travel literature, including accounts of an expedition
of nine ships taking five hundred colonists from Plymouth to Virginia,
which set sail in May 1609. On 29 July the flagship, the Sea-Adventure,
was wrecked by a storm on the coast of the Bermudas. She was presumed lost,
but on 23 May 1610 those on board her arrived safely in Jamestown,
having found shelter on the island of Bermuda where they were able to build the pinnances in which they completed their journey.
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