The comedy of errors / William Shakespeare ; directed for the stage by Blanche McIntyre ; directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon ; a Shakespeare's Globe production.
Publisher:
Royal Opera House Enterprises Ltd.,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Booklet containing program notes and synopsis in English, with translations in French and German (19 pages), inserted in contaner. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Special feature: Cast gallery. "Spoken in Shakespeare's English"--Container. Stefan Adegbola (Pinch / First Merchant), Andy Apollo (Gaoler / Officer), Paul Brendan (Angelo), Linda Broughton (Aemilia, the Abbess), Gershwyn Eustache Jr (Bathasar), Becci Gemmell (Luciana), Peter Hamilton Dyer (Solinus), Simon Harrison (Antipholus of Syracuse), Emma Jerrold (Courtesan), Hattie Ladbury (Adriana), James Laurenson (Egeon), Matthew Needham (Antipholus of Ephesus), Anne Odeke (Luce), Brodie Ross (Dromio of Syracuse), Jamie Wilkes (Dromio of Ephesus), Matt Doherty and Harry Katsari (Citizens of Ephesus). Recorded at Shakespeare's Globe, London, 25 & 30 September 2014. Wide screen (1.78:1)
Summary:
Live performance of Shakespeare's comedy recorded at the reconstructed Globe Theatre in London. The story follows two sets of twins, masters and servants, who get separated in a shipwreck. They land themselves and everyone else in chaos and confusion through cases of mistaken identity which get increasingly worse. The cast includes Matthew Needham, Simon Harrison, Jamie Wilkes and Brodie Ross.
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