Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Series
- Synopsis
- A 3-disc set including 30-minute animated adaptations of twelve of Shakespeare’s best known plays. With voices provided by such actors including Hugh Grant, Antony Sher, Jenny Agutter, Stephen Tompkinson and Pete Postlethwaite. The DVDs are intended also as an introduction to Shakespeare for children. The twelve tales featured in Shakespeare, the Animated Tales, are: - Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, A Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Richard III, Julius Caesar, The Tempest.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2005
- Year of production
- 1994
- Notes
- Each tale is available for purchase individually on VHS from S4C. The individual tales are catalogued separately. There are also 3 separate DVD volumes: Vol 1 - TAMING OF THE SHREW + MACBETH; Vol 2 - JULIUS CAESAR + TWELFTH NIGHT; Vol 3 - HAMLET + THE TEMPEST)
- Subjects
- Drama; Media studies
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Animating Shakespeare
Credits
- Writer
- Leon Garfield; William Shakespeare
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £39.99 (compilation) £5.99 each 2-film vol)
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 324 minutes
- Year
- 2005
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £9.49 (S4C)
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 27 minutues each
- Year
- 2005
Sections
- Title
- As you like it (animated)
- Title
- Hamlet (1992)
- Title
- Julius Caesar (1994)
- Title
- King Richard III (animated)
- Title
- Macbeth (1992)
- Title
- Midsummer night’s dream, A (1992)
- Title
- Othello (animated)
- Title
- Romeo and Juliet (1992)
- Title
- Taming of the shrew, The (1994)
- Title
- Tempest, The (1992)
- Title
- Twelfth night (1992)
- Title
- Winter’s tale, The (1994)
Production Company
- Name
S4C International
- Web
- http://www.s4ci.com/english/homepage/index.asp External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 02920 460312
- Fax
- 02920 754444
- Address
- 50 Lambourne Crescent
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5WJ
Distributor
- Name
Metrodome Distribution
- Notes
- Specialist distributor of quality, independent films, both theatrically and subsequently on DVD. DVD releases include new films, classic cinema, documentaries, animation, stage adaptations, television programming and historical drama. NB. Metrodome Distribution went into administration in 2016
Distributor (Sale)
Available from retail outlets
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