Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
Couldn't get into it. Can't stand the Shakespearean means of expression. It kills the sense of 'reality', and reinforces the 'staged' mind set.
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Couldn't get into it. Can't stand the Shakespearean means of expression. It kills the sense of 'reality', and reinforces the 'staged' mind set.
Title Statement | The hollow crown: the Wars of the Roses / [DVD] : a Neal Street co-production with Carnival/NBC Universal and Thirteen for BBC ; producer, Rupert Ryle-Hodges ; adapted by Ben Power & Dominic Cooke ; director, Dominic Cooke. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Wars of the Roses |
Additional Contributors | Shakespeare, William,1564-1616 |
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616 | |
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616 | |
Cooke, Dominic | |
Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976- | |
Bonneville, Hugh | |
Dench, Judi,1934- | |
Publication | Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Entertainment,[2016]©2016 |
Extent of Item | 3 videodiscs (approximately 379 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 025192349478 |
Other Number | 3004032 |
General Notes | DVDs. Disc label title. Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2015. Based on the plays by William Shakespeare. Widescreen version. Special features include: making-of featurette, deleted scenes. |
Performance Credits | Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Sophie Okonedo, Tom Sturridge. |
Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. "Not rated"--Container. |
Languages | SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) |
System Details | DVDs, Dolby 5.1 surround. |
Terms of Use | For home use only. |
Contents | Henry VI: part 1 -- Henry VI: part 2 -- Richard III. |
Summary | A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Henry VI Parts One and Two, and Richard III. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Name | Henry1421-1471 |
Richard1452-1485 | |
Tudor, House of | |
Plantagenet, House of | |
By Location | Great Britain--Fiction--History--Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 |
Great Britain--Fiction--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 | |
Great Britain--Fiction--History--Tudors, 1485-1603 | |
By Genre | Television mini-series |
Historical television programs | |
Television programs for the hearing impaired |