As You Like It
- Alternative title
- The Shakespeare Plays
- Synopsis
- Television production of As You Like It filmed on location at Glamis Castle. Helen Mirren is Rosalind.
- Series
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; United States
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 30 May 1978
- Transmission details
- 17 Dec 1978 at 20:10 (Channel: BBC2)
- Duration
- 155 mins
Credits
- Director
- Basil Coleman
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Geoffrey Burgon
- Costume
- Robin Faser-Pye
- Art Direction
- Don Taylor
- Contributor
- Alan Shallcross
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Medieval
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- As You Like It
- As You Like It
Notes
- Notes
- The production is commercially available on DVD as part of the BBC TV SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION box set (see separate entry). The video version has now been deleted but Trumedia may have a few copies available.
- History
- This production is part of the first season (producer: Cedric Messina). It was recorded in 18 days.
- Textual information
- Between 1978 and 1986 the BBC published individual scripts of the series. Each volume of The BBC TV Shakespeare, ed. Peter Alexander et al. (London: British Broadcasting Corporation) contains the full text of the play (the Peter Alexander edition) with accompanying notes on the scene breaks and cuts made in the production, as well as a glossary. A general introduction to the play by series literary advisor John Wilders is followed by an essay on the production of the play by Henry Fenwick. This is based on interviews with actors, directors, and designers.
- Reviews
- Susan Willis, The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991).
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
- Name
Time-Life Films Inc
- Phone
- 0101 201 843 4545
- Address
- PO Box 644
NJ 07652
USA
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Simply Media
- Contact
- Laura Smith
- info@simplyhe.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.simplyhe.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0870 429 2775
- Fax
- 0870 429 2477
- Address
- 1st Floor
Bentima House
168-172 Old Street
London
EC1V 9BP - Notes
- Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE
- Name
Trumedia Ltd
- Contact
- Bill Cotton
- sales@trumedia.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.trumedia.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01865 847837
- Fax
- 01865 847837
- Address
- PO Box 316
Kidlington
Oxon
OX5 2ZY - Notes
- Trumedia supplies video tapes and DVDs to UK schools, colleges and universities and is geared up to take official orders from educational institutions. The catalogue highlights programmes likely to be of use in the curriculum, but the company can supply any video in current UK distribution, as well as some deleted titles. Particularly strong in the areas of English literature and drama, as well as history, natural history, art & artists, and foreign language films.
Online Retailer
- Name
ChoicesUK
- enquiries@choicesuk.com
- Web
- http://www.choicesuk.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 573 3836
- Address
- Queen Street
Burton on Trent
Staffs
DE14 3LP - Notes
- Previously known as Choices Direct
- Name
Moviemail
- enquiries@moviemail-online.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.moviemail.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 376 0009
- Fax
- 0845 299 1076
- Address
- 27 Woodside Place
Glasgow
G3 7QL
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