ShakespeaRE-Told [2005 TV mini-series]
by Mark Brozel (director "Macbeth"), Peter Bowker (writer "A Midsummer Night's Dream"), Ed Fraiman (director "A Midsummer Night's Dream"), Peter Moffat (writer "Macbeth"), David Nicholls (writer "Much Ado About Nothing"), Brian Percival (director "Much Ado About Nothing"), David Richards (director "The Taming of the Shrew"), Sally Wainwright (writer "The Taming of the Shrew")
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Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedict are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.Tags
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We watched the three comedies over three weeks, but missed out MacBeth as reviews suggested it was a bit gory. The other three were extremely well done, set in the 21st century. 'Taming of the shrew' and 'Much ado about nothing' were only loosely based on Shakespeare's plays, though 'A midsummer night's dream' was much closer to the original.
Great acting, good chemistry, and very clever scripts. We were surprised how much we enjoyed these. Definitely recommended if you like this kind of thing, and don't object to Shakespeare's ideas being adapted so extensively.
Longer review: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/shakespeare-retold-2005.html
Great acting, good chemistry, and very clever scripts. We were surprised how much we enjoyed these. Definitely recommended if you like this kind of thing, and don't object to Shakespeare's ideas being adapted so extensively.
Longer review: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/shakespeare-retold-2005.html
I would call these efforts failures. Phew!
Some are excellent! ALso sold as "ShakespeaRe-Told".
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David Nicholls was born in 1966 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom. He studied English literature and drama at the University of Bristol. When he graduated he won a scholarship to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He appeared in plays at the Battersea Arts Centre, the Finborough, West Yorkshire Playhouse, show more Birmingham Rep, and had a three year stint at the Royal National Theatre, understudying and playing small parts. During this period he took a job at BBC Radio Drama as a script reader/researcher and he developed an adaptation of Sam Shepard's stage-play Simpatico with the director Matthew Warchus. He also wrote his first original script, Waiting, which was later optioned by the BBC. Simpatico was turned into a feature film in 1999 which allowed him to start writing full-time. I Saw You won best single play at the annual BANFF television festival. He has been twice nominated for BAFTA awards. His first novel, Starter for 10, was featured on the first Richard and Judy Book Club. His other novels include The Understudy, One Day, which won the Galaxy Book Award, and Us. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- ShakespeaRE-Told [2005 TV mini-series]
- Original publication date
- 2005-11-07
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- ShakespeaRe-Told (2005 | IMDb)
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