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THE COMPLETE BBC TELEVISION SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION
May 26, 2020  | By David Bianculli  | 1 comment

Britbox, 3:00 a.m. ET

 
From 1978 to 1985, the BBC spent seven years producing new TV productions of every play William Shakespeare ever wrote. I reviewed them, as a TV critic, as all 37 were released stateside by PBS – and expected to see them repeated on TV from then on. Instead, they all but vanished. Until now, when Britbox is making all of them available for streaming beginning today. Helen Mirren is in two of my very favorites from this BBC run: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It.  But also, make sure to catch Titus Andronicus (pictured)the rarely performed, very bloody drama that basically is Shakespeare’s version of a splatter film.
 
 
 
 
 
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Annie
Maybe I’m missing it. How do you find this to watch?
Jun 12, 2020   |  Reply
 
David Bianculli
Dear Annie: You have to subscribe to the streaming service Britbox. But some of the offerings are available individually, on Amazon and elsewhere. Search by each Shakespeare title you're interested in watching, and look for ones produced by the BBC in the late 1970s and nearly 1980s. -DB
Jun 17, 2020
 
 
 
 
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