Starring: Peter Benson, Sinead Cusack, Kate Nelligan, Patrick Stewart, Penelope Wilton, Helen Mirren, Charles Gray, John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire, Lalla Ward, Patrick Ryecart, Bernard Hill, Alan Rickman, Jon Finch, John Rhys-Davies, Zoe Wanamaker, Andrew Sachs, Derek Jacobi, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Claire Bloom

Directed by: David Hugh Jones, James Cellan Jones, Jane Howell, Elijah Moshinsky, Herbert Wise, Stuart Burge, Kevin Billington, David Giles, John Gorrie, Rodney Bennett, Alvin Rakoff, Jonathan Miller, Basil Coleman, Jack Gold, Don Taylor, Desmond Davis

The BBC Shakespeare is a unique collection of some of the finest dramas in the English language, each production a celebration of the greatest talents in contemporary British Theatre and Television.

These plays feature the cream of the 20th Century's acting talent. Some of the great actors featured in these plays include:-

Laurence Olivier, Brenda Blethyn, Colin Blakely, Leo McKern, John Gielgud, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Hordern, Felicity Kendall, Cyril Cusack, Anthony Andrews, Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Bernard Hill, John Cleese, Trevor Peacock, William Hurt, John Fortune, Robert Lindsay, John Bird, Julia Foster, Annette Crosbie, Zoë Wanamaker, Mark Wing-Davey... The list goes ever on. Suffice to say, the finest productions of the Bard's work extant.

This 38 disc box set includes the following Classic BBC Shakespeare TV productions:-

1. 'Romeo And Juliet' - Directed by Alvin Rakoff (1978)

2. 'Richard II' - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)

3. 'As You Like It' - Directed by Basil Coleman (1978)

4. 'Julius Caesar' - Directed by Herbert Wise (1979)

5. 'Measure For Measure' - Directed by Desmond Davis (1979)

6. 'Henry VIII' - Directed Kevin Billington (1979)

7. 'Henry IV: Parts I & II' - Directed by David Giles (1979)

8. 'Henry V: Parts I & II' - Directed by David Giles (1979)

9. 'Twelfth Night' - Directed by John Gorrie (1980)

10. 'The Tempest' - Directed by John Gorrie (1980)

11. 'The Taming Of The Shrew' - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1980)

12. 'The Merchant Of Venice' - Directed by Jack Gold (1980)

13. 'All's Well That Ends Well' - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1981)

14. 'The Winter's Tale' - Directed by Jane Howell (1981)

15. 'Timon Of Athens' - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)

16. 'Antony And Cleopatra' - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)

17. 'Othello' - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)

18. 'Troilus And Cressada' - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)

19. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' - Directed by David Hugh Jones (1982)

20. 'Henry VI: Parts I, II & III' - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)

21. 'The Tragedy Of Richard III' - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)

22. 'Cymbeline' - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1982)

23. 'The Comedy Of Errors' - Directed by James Cellan Jones (1983)

24. 'Two Gentlemen Of Verona' - Directed by Don Taylor (1983)

25. 'Coriolanus' - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1984)

26. 'The Life And Death Of King John' - Directed by David Giles (1984)

27. 'Pericles: Prince Of Tyre' - Directed by David Hugh Jones (1984)

28. 'Much Ado About Nothing' - Directed by Stuart Burge (1984)

29. 'Love's Labour's Lost' - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1985)

30. 'Titus Andronicus' - Directed by Jane Howell (1985)

31. 'Hamlet' - Directed by Rodney Bennett (1980)

32. 'King Lear' - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1982)

33. 'Macbeth' - Directed by Jack Gold (1983)

34. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1981)

Technical Details

Certification: 12
Duration: ?? mins
Format: DVD
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 4.3
Cat. No: BBCDVD1767(BBC)
Category: Drama:General
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired