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One of the BBC's exhaustive and typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's lesser known works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. The play, one of Shakespeare's most popular in the 19th Century, focuses on the relationships between Henry, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey. To quote "'Tis better to be lowly born Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow".
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OTHELLO (BBC) (1990)
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Anthony Hopkins gives a masterful
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THE TEMPEST (BBC) (1988)
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A typically authentic BBC version, ergo recommended for students of the play.
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THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (1983)
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A fine BBC adaptation of one of the bard's lesser known and earliest comedies observing the inevitable conflict between friendship and love when two friends travel to Milan and, regardless of their filial obligations, become besotted.
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