The winter's tale [DVD] / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Jane Howell.
John Welsh (Archidamus), David Burke (Camillo), Robert Stephens (Polixenes), Jeremy Kemp (Leontes), Anna Calder-Marshall (Hermione), Jeremy Dimmick (Mamillius), Merelina Kendall (Emilia), Susan Brodrick (Lady to Hermione), Leonard Kavanagh (Lord to Leontes), John Bailey (Lord to Leontes), Cyril Luckham (Antigonus), William Relton (Lord to Leontes), Margaret Tyzack (Paulina), John Benfield (Gaoler/Mariner), Cornelius Garrett (Servant to Leontes), John Curless (Cleomenes), Colin McCormack (Dion), Emrys Leyshon (Court Official), Arthur Hewlett (Shepherd), Paul Jesson (Clown), Harold Goldblatt (Time), Rikki Fulton (Autolycus), Robin Kermode (Florizel), Debbie Farrington (Perdita), Janette Legge (Dorcas), Maggie Wells (Mopsa), Peter Benson (Clown's Servant), George Howe (Paulina's Steward), Pat Gorman (Bear), Sean Bartley (Peasant), Mary Milington (Peasant), Penny Ryder (Peasant), Johnny Shack (Peasant), Alan Vicars (Peasant). Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1981. Taped Apr. 9-15, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London. DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format.
Summary:
King Leontes unjustly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery with King Polixenes. He imprisons Hermione, who falls into a swoon he believes is death, and orders her infant daughter to be abandoned on the shore. Sixteen years later, their daughter falls in love with Polixenes's son and when they come to Leontes' kingdom, her identity is revealed. Leontes and Polixenes become friends again, and Hermione is found to be alive after all.
Series:
The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Comedy Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1987. Ambrose Video. Comedy.
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