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BBC Television Shakespeare
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Series 3
13 :03x01 - The Taming of the Shrew (Oct/23/1980)
Newly married Petruchio finds the going rough when he attempts to tame his new bride Katharine.
Guest Stars: Sarah Badel as Katherine, Angus Lennie as Curtis, David Kinsey as Haberdasher, Alan Hay as Tailor, John Barron (1) as Vincentio, Joan Hickson as Widow, John Bird (1) as Pedant, Harry Waters, Jr. as Biondello, Frank Thornton as Gremio, John Franklyn-Robbins as Baptista, John Cleese as Petruchio, Susan Penhaligon as Bianca, Simon Chandler as Lucentio, Jonathan Cecil as Hortensio, Anthony Pedley as Tranio, David Kincaid as Grumio
Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
14 :03x02 - The Merchant of Venice (Dec/17/1980)
The fair maiden Portia disguises herself as a man and pretends to be a lawyer in order to prevent villainous moneylender Shylock from taking a pound of flesh from merchant Antonio.
Guest Stars: John Rhys-Davies as Salerio, Alan David (2) as Solanio, Marc Zuber as Prince of Morocco, Peter Gale (1) as Prince of Aragon, Enn Reitel as Lancelot Gobbo, Joe Gladwin as Old Gobbo, Arnold Diamond as Tubal, Douglas Wilmer as Duke of Venice, Richard Morant as Lorenzo, Warren Mitchell as Shylock, Gemma Jones as Portia, John Franklyn-Robbins as Antonio, John Nettles as Bassiano, Susan Jameson as Nerissa, Kenneth Cranham as Gratiano, Leslee Udwin as Jessica
Director: Jack Gold (1)
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
15 :03x03 - All's Well That Ends Well (Jan/04/1981)
A poor doctor's daughter seeks to win the hand of a noblewoman's son but has a hard tim persuading him to go along with her intentions.
Guest Stars: Pippa Grant as Diana, Rosemary Leach as Widow of Florence, Joolia Cappleman as Mariana, Nickolas Grace as Interpreter, Kevin Stoney as Steward, Terence McGinity as First Gentleman, Max Arthur as Second Gentleman, Dominic Jephcott (1) as Second Lord Dumaine, Robert Lindsay as First Lord Dumaine, Angela Down as Helena, Ian Charleson as Bertram, Peter Jeffrey (1) as Parolles, Celia Johnson (3) as Countess of Rousillion, Michael Hordern as Lafeu, Donald Sinden as King of France, Paul Brooke as Lavache
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
16 :03x04 - The Winter's Tale (Feb/08/1981)
Problem comedy about a noblewoman who mistakenly believes his wife to be guilty.
Guest Stars: Paul Jesson as Clown, Cyril Luckham as Antigonus, Jeremy Dimmick as Mamillus, John Curless as Cleomenes, Colin McCormack as Dion, Harold Goldblatt as Time the Chorus, Pat Gorman as Bear, Arthur Hewlett as Old Shepard, Robin Kermode as Florizel, Jeremy Kemp as Leontes, Anna Calder-Marshall as Hermione, Margaret Tyzack as Paulina, Robert Stephens (2) as Polixenes, David Burke (2) as Camillo, Rikki Fulton as Autolycus, Debbie Farrington as Perdita
Director: Jane Howell
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
17 :03x05 - Timon of Athens (Apr/16/1981)
When it becomes known that wealthy nobleman and philanthropist Timon of Athens is broke, his friends turn against him. In response, Timon retreats to a cave where he rants and raves against humanity.
Guest Stars: John Bailey (1) as Sempronius, Max Arthur as Lucillus, Elyane Sharling as Phryina, Diana Dors as Timandra, David Kinsey as Jeweler, Geoffrey Collins as Flaminius, Terence McGinity as Servilius, Donald Gee as Ventidus, James Cossins as Lucullus, Jonathan Pryce as Timon, Norman Rodway as Apemantus, John Shrapnel as Alcibades, John Welsh (2) as Flavius, John Fortune (1) as Poet, John Bird (1) as Painter, Hugh Thomas as Lucius
Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
18 :03x06 - Antony and Cleopatra (May/08/1981)
Story of the love affair between Roman general Mark Antony and Egyptian queen Cleopatra, their quest for joint power, and their eventual demise.
Guest Stars: Janet Key as Charmian, Darien Angadi as Alexas, Jonathan Adams (2) as Ventidus, John Paul as Canidus, Lynn Farleigh as Octavia, John Eastham as Servant, Howard Goorney as Soothsayer, Cassie McFarlane as Iras, Emrys James as Enobarbus, Harry Waters, Jr. as Thyreus, David Neal (1) as Proculeius, Anthony Pedley as Agrippa, Donald Sumpter as Pompeius, George Innes (1) as Menas, Michael Egan as Soldier, George Howe as Euphronius, Christopher Ettridge as Scarus, Pat Connell (1) as Soldier, Jane Lapotaire as Cleopatra, Ian Charleson as Octavius Caesar, David Kincaid as Cleopatra's Messenger, Michael Anthony (1) as 2nd Messenger, Iain Rattray as Soldier, Kevin Huckstep as 1st Messenger, Mohammad Shamsi as Mardian, Esmond Knight as Lepidus, Geoffrey Collins as Dolabella, Desmond Stokes as Menecrates, Frederick Warder as Soldier, Alec Sabin as Dercetas, Jimmy Gardner (1) as Clown, Simon Chandler as Eros, Colin Blakely as Marc Antony
Director: Jonathan Miller (2)
Writer: William Shakespeare
 
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