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Shakespeare in Performance: Film

The Shakespeare Hour (1985, Harvey Bellin)

TitleThe Shakespeare Hour
Year1985
Release LocationsGB
USA
DirectorHarvey Bellin
MediumColor video
Length3 hrs
LanguagesEnglish
Audiencecollege and university
high school
Play ConnectionsAll's Well That Ends Well (scene(s))

Description

The series, "The Shakespeare Hour", was shown on national educational television beginning on January 5, 1985. It was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and produced by Station WNET/THIRTEEN, New York City. For further references to and commentary on this series, see numbers 276, 352, 417, 663

Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14

Cast Overview

CastWalter Matthau

Production Team and Crew Overview

DirectorHarvey Bellin
DirectorDonald Johnson
DirectorTom Kieffer
DirectorElijah Moshinsky
ScreenplayKenneth Cavendar
Project DirectorMarie Therese Squerciati

Company Overview

Producer BBC-WNET/THIRTEEN

Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell