The Resource The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth, by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Kevin Billington
The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth, by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Kevin Billington
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- Summary
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- "One of Shakespeare's most elaborate 'pageant' plays, chronicling the life of an extraordinary English king."--Container insert
- A dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play, which tells of the intrigues during the first part of Henry's reign, his divorce from Katharine of Aragon, and marriage to Anne Bullen, who gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (165 min.)
- Note
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- Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1979
- DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format
- Label
- The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth
- Title
- The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth
- Statement of responsibility
- by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Kevin Billington
- Title variation
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- King Henry VIII
- Henry VIII
- King Henry the Eighth
- Henry the Eighth
- Subject
-
- Television plays
- Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Drama
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Drama
- Henry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Drama
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations
- Television adaptations
- Television adaptations
- Television plays
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "One of Shakespeare's most elaborate 'pageant' plays, chronicling the life of an extraordinary English king."--Container insert
- A dramatization of William Shakespeare's historical play, which tells of the intrigues during the first part of Henry's reign, his divorce from Katharine of Aragon, and marriage to Anne Bullen, who gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth
- Cataloging source
- SNN
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- BBC TV Shakespeare (Television program)
- Credits note
- Cameramen, Trevor Wimlett, Mike Winser ; music by James Tyler ; performed by the London Early Music Group ; video-tape editors, Malcolm Banthorpe, Howard Dell
- Date time place
- Taped Nov. 27, 1978-Jan. 7, 1979 on location at Leeds Castle, Hever Castle, Penshurst Place, Kent
- Dewey number
- 822.33
- LC call number
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- PR2817
- PR2817
- LC item number
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- .A23 2000 DVD
- .A23 2000
- PerformerNote
- John Stride (Henry VIII), Timothy West (Cardinal Wolsey), Michael Poole (Cardinal Campeius), Ronald Pickup (Cranmer), Peter Vaughn (Gardiner), David Dodimead (Bishop of Lincoln), Julian Glover (Duke of Buckingham), Jeremy Kemp (Duke of Norfolk), Charles Lloyd Pack (Lord Sands), John Nettleton (Lord Chamberlain), Lewis Fiander (Duke of Suffolk), Oliver Cotton (Earl of Surrey), David Rintoul (Lord Abergavenny), Jack May (Lord Chancellor), Jack McKenzie (Sir Nicholas Vaux), Nigel Lambert (Sir Thomas Lovell), Claire Bloom (Katharine of Aragon), Barbara Kellerman (Anne Bullen), Sylvia Coleridge (Old Lady), Tony Church (Prologue), John Rowe (Cromwell), Alan Leith (Sergeant-at-Arms), John Bailey (Griffith), David Troughton, Adam Bareham, Jeffrey Daunton, John Cater, Roger Lloyd Pack, Michael Gaunt, Emma Kirkby, Sally Home, Michael Walker, John Rhys-Davies, Timothy Barker, Brian Osborne, John Rogan
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1931-
- 1935-
- 1564-1616
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Messina, Cedric
- Billington, Kevin
- Bloom, Claire
- Glover, Julian
- Stride, John
- West, Timothy
- Shakespeare, William
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Time-Life Television
- Ambrose Video Publishing
- Runtime
- 165
- Series statement
- The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. History
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Henry
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Shakespeare, William
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth, by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Kevin Billington
- Note
-
- Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1979
- DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
-
- multicolored
- one color
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm46736762
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
-
- other
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (165 min.)
- File format
- one file format
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- videodisc
- optical disk
- System details
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- DVD
- System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
- Label
- The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eighth, by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Kevin Billington
- Note
-
- Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1979
- DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
-
- multicolored
- one color
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm46736762
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
-
- other
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (165 min.)
- File format
- one file format
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- videodisc
- optical disk
- System details
-
- DVD
- System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
Subject
- Television plays
- Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Drama
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Drama
- Henry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Drama
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations
- Television adaptations
- Television adaptations
- Television plays
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