Patrick Ryecart and Rebecca Saire play the star crossed lovers in one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.
2h 48min
December 3, 1978
2. King Richard the Second
Derek Jacobi is King Richard II in the second of the BBC's new productions of Shakespeare.
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2h 37min
December 10, 1978
3. As You Like It
Classic comedy by William Shakespeare about the travails of lovers Rosalind and Orlando, who become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.
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2h 30min
December 17, 1978
4. Julius Caesar
Shakespeare's great political thriller tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of his conspirators.
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2h 41min
February 11, 1979
5. Measure For Measure
Shakespeare's classic comedy occasionally veers into more troublesome territory, as the characters face dark and ambiguous moral choices.
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2h 25min
February 18, 1979
6. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
Classic play by William Shakespeare starring John Stride, Timothy West, Ronald Pickup, and Claire Bloom.