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The winter's tale [dvd] / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television.

Contributor(s): Howell, Jane | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Winter's tale | Miller, Jonathan, 1934- | Kemp, Jeremy, 1934- | Calder-Marshall, Anna | Farrington, Debbie | Tyzack, Margaret, 1933-Publisher number: BBCDVD176737 | BBCSeries: BBC ShakespearePublication details: London : BBC, c2005. Description: 1 dvd (173 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations | Feature filmsLOC classification: DVD: WINTProduction credits: Credits: producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Jane Howell ; music, Stephen Oliver ; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders.Cast: Cast: Jeremy Kemp (Leontes), Robert Stephens (Polixenes), Anna Calder-Marshall (Hermione), Debbie Farrington (Perdita), Margaret Tyzack (Paulina), Cyril Luckham (Antigonus), Rikki Fulton (Autolycus), John Curless (Cleomenes), Colin McCormack (Dion), Robin Kermode (Florizel).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.
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DVD release of the play originally transmitted 8 February 1981.

Credits: producer, Jonathan Miller ; director, Jane Howell ; music, Stephen Oliver ; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders.

Cast: Jeremy Kemp (Leontes), Robert Stephens (Polixenes), Anna Calder-Marshall (Hermione), Debbie Farrington (Perdita), Margaret Tyzack (Paulina), Cyril Luckham (Antigonus), Rikki Fulton (Autolycus), John Curless (Cleomenes), Colin McCormack (Dion), Robin Kermode (Florizel).

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.

UK cert. PG.

DVD regions 2, 4. PAL.