Shakespaw

Synopsis: Children’s series featuring a Jack Russell terrier of the same name. The dog lives with his owner Joe Talbot in Oakdale, Texas, a fictional modern day neighbourhood, but he daydreams about being the star of stories from classic literature, drawing parallels between the stories and the events in the lives of Joe and his friends. It portrays the thoughts of a live Jack Russell terrier in appropriate costume projected as sound with ‘real’ people talking. In SHAKESPAW, disappointed by being kept on the sidelines for a school production of The Tempest, Wishbone assigns himself the role of Ariel in his own re-telling of the play.
Series: Wishbone
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 6 Apr 2003 (Channel: Five)
Duration: 30 mins

Production type: Other
Plays: Tempest, The
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: animals; children’s television; dogs; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; School productions

General: The series inspired several series of books. More than fifty books featuring Wishbone were published even after the TV series ended in 1998.
History: Episode 32 in season 1.The first US transmission date on PBS has not been ascertained. The episode was first shown on UK terrestrial television on Five 6 April 2003 and the BUFVC off-air recording is taken from this transmission.

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