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William Shakespeare - His Life & Times 
Actors : Tim Curry, Ian McShane, Nicholas Clay, Paul Freeman, John McEnery
Director : Mark Cullingham, Peter Wood, Robert Knights
Studio : Goldhil Home Media
by Goldhil Home Media
Release Date : 2002-06-11
Publisher : Goldhil Home Media
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 6
EAN : 9786304848456
UPC : 745751013434
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 5 reviews)
List Price : $69.95
Our Price : $12.99
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Surprisingly good, IMHO |
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Perhaps my lowered expectations helped here, but I enjoyed this a great deal. It may be speculative fiction of a sort, but it's based on premises all Shakespeare fans have thought about at length. The first tape was good, but by the end of the third tape, it had me completely. VHS quality bothered me far more than the made-for-tv production values. MANY good performances in this, IMHO. BTW, I'm not a Curry zealot, I've never even seen Rocky Horror. |
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Will Shakespeare Must Be Rolling Over in His Grave... |
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Well, with all due respect to the brilliant actors associated with this production I must heartily disagree with the previous good reviews, evidently penned by rabid Tim Curry fans, of this disenchanting mini-series. I felt Ian McShane, in particular, was totally wasted in his role and although Tim Curry did the best that could be done, with the sub par material, he was altogether forgettable in the lead. The ambling, misguided, largely fictional account of William Shakespeare's life was aided somewhat by adequate production values, but was not worthy of being aired on primetime TV, in the US. In fact the ABC network considered showing it, at one time, but was rightfully disappointed with its clumsy, substandard contents. View it if you must, Tim Curry aficionados, but everyone else, I just thought you should be warned... |
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Where's the DVD? |
This production is a masterpiece, and Tim Curry is as good an actor as ... well... Tim Curry can only be!
Brilliantly written and acted, with marvelous costumes, this is a must for any lover of history, the stage ... and, in case I didn't mention -- Tim Curry!
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Entertaining |
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Tim Curry is truly wonderful in his portrayal of William Shakespeare. The 6 tape set focuses on the life of Shakespeare, from his humble beginning being from a poor family in Stratford Upon Avon; to going to London (and seems to be hiding from his wife and children), to a talented playwrite. On his way to being famous, he is befriended by the Earl of Southampton, lives through the black plague, some personal tragedies, and writes some of the best plays and poems of all time. Tim does age in this from a handsome young and middle age Shakespeare to the balding Shakespeare that we have all seen depicted in our English Literature books in High School. This movie is extremely hard to find and quite expensive, but well worth the time put into finding it and the money spent to buy it. |
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Will Shakespeare, wonderful! |
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This 6 part video set is truly a master peice! Tim Curry in the role of a young Shakespeare (he does age in this, by the way) is magnificent. The scenery and a co-actors are wonderful and truly real life. I highly recommend buying this, though it is expensive . . . :( Ah well, 6 tapes, each an hour long full of Tim and everything is grand! |
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