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As you like it [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Basil Coleman.

Coleman, Basil.; Messina, Cedric.; Mirren, Helen.; Pasco, Richard.; Stirner, Brian.; Bolam, James, 1935-; Rees, Angharad, 1949-2012.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it.; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Time Life Video & Television.; Ambrose Video Publishing.
2000
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Title
As you like it [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Basil Coleman.
Created/published
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing, [2000 or 2001]
Description
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Associated name
Coleman, Basil.
Messina, Cedric.
Mirren, Helen.
Pasco, Richard.
Stirner, Brian.
Bolam, James, 1935-
Rees, Angharad, 1949-2012.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Time Life Video & Television.
Ambrose Video Publishing.
Material base
metal plastic
Series statement
Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare
Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Comedy
Summary
Some serious questions asked in a lighthearted way: Is there a 'natural difference' between a Duke's daughter and a commoner? Are men really stronger than women? Role-changing and learning about self in a pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France.
Note
Originally produced by BBC Television in association with Time-Life Television in 1978 as one of the Shakespeare plays.

Texts for original series bear title BBC TV Shakespeare.
Credits
Title music by William Walton; music composed and conducted by Geoffrey Burgon, performed by London Pro Musica; literary consultant, John Wilders; script editor, Alan Shallcross.
Cast
Helen Mirren (Rosalind), Richard Pasco (Jaques), Brian Stirner (Orlando), James Bolam (Touchstone), Angharad Rees (Celia).
System details
DVD; digitally remastered; picture and sound enhanced.
System requirements for downloadable script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word; DVD-ROM drive.
Series
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2000 (Ambrose Video)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. BBC TV Shakespeare.
Shakespeare plays.
Genre/form
Television adaptations.
Made-for-TV movies.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
DVD 40.12