Prefaces To
Shakespeare is scheduled to be released on Region 2 DVD on Monday 27th
August 2012. The series consists of six hour-long documentaries detailing the
stories behind some of Shakespeare’s best loved plays. David Tennant presents
one of the programmes; others are hosted by Sir Derek Jacobi, Joely Richardson,
Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons and Vanessa Redgrave. The series is due to begin on
the BBC in June although they have yet to announce a start date.
From the BBC press release:
Hosted by some of our great actors including David Tennant,
Derek Jacobi and Ethan Hawke, the Prefaces To Shakespeare will reveal the
characters within and uncover the stories behind some of Shakespeare’s greatest
plays.
It will unearth both the onstage drama and the backstage
gossip of the golden age of British Theatre.
In the process it will reveal the life and career of
Shakespeare in a totally new way and find out what the plays and their
characters can mean to people today, revealing how they still have the power to
shock, to make us laugh – and even to break our hearts.
A 116 Films and Blakeway Production for the BBC in
association with WNET/Thirteen.
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