#bbc shakespeare

[onsuchsmallthingstheworldturns]

Ron Cook as Richard III (BBC 1983)

[ship-to-starboard]

"Suffer love! A good epithet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will."

Cherie Lunghi and Robert Lindsay in Much Ado About Nothing (1984)

[thisbluespirit]

Richard Pasco and David Collings as Brutus and Cassius in Julius Caesar (BBC 1979).

[brigittemarlt]

A stunning promo picture of Derek as Richard II in the BBC production. That was the play that really made me fall for Derek’s talent. A stunning performance that has pratically transfixed me. Just unforgettable.

[shakespearenews]

BritBox to Make Complete BBC Shakespeare Collection Available for Streaming | Playbill

The 37-title collection includes performances by Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Jonathan Pryce, John Cleese, and more.

Britbox will add the complete BBC Television Shakespeare Collection to its subscription streaming platform May 26. The expansive collection, never before made available for streaming in its entirety on one platform, includes films of nearly all 39 of Shakespeare's canonical dramatic works, performed by such actors as Helen Mirren, Robert Lindsay, Brenda Blethyn, John Cleese, Alan Rickman, John Gielgud, and Jonathan Pryce.

[tiny-blonde-rocket-woman]

''Another BBC Archive treat from our collection of rare and early performances - Alan Rickman makes a great baddie as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, from the 1978 BBC Television Shakespeare production''

Alan Rickman, (then) aged 32yrs.

Character: Tybalt

[harry-leroy]

Mark Wing-Davey as Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick in Henry VI Part III (1983) 

(for Histories Appreciation Week 2019 - Day 6: Other Characters’ Day)

[ship-to-starboard]

"A miracle! Here, our own hands against our hearts."

Cherie Lunghi and Robert Lindsay in Much Ado About Nothing (1984)