A waste of shame [videorecording] : the mystery of Shakespeare and his sonnets / written by William Boyd ; producer Chrissy Skinns ; director John McKay ; a BBC/Open University co-production.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 30996-D | BFS Entertainment & Multimedia LimitedPublication details: Richmond Hill, Ontario : BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited, c2010.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Mystery of Shakespeare and his sonnets
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .W37 2010
Cast: Rupert Graves, Indira Varma, Tom Sturridge, Anna Chancellor, Andrew Tiernan, Zöe Wanamaker.Summary: In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. Who are the 'young man' and 'the dark lady' to whom all but two of the sonnets allude? This moving performance brings to life the gritty reality of Shakespeare's England, bits of the Bard's plays and poems, and the consummate poet and dramatist himself as it exposes these personages unseen but so keenly felt in Shakespeare's sonnets and in his life.
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Videodisc release of the 2005 motion picture.

Rupert Graves, Indira Varma, Tom Sturridge, Anna Chancellor, Andrew Tiernan, Zöe Wanamaker.

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. Who are the 'young man' and 'the dark lady' to whom all but two of the sonnets allude? This moving performance brings to life the gritty reality of Shakespeare's England, bits of the Bard's plays and poems, and the consummate poet and dramatist himself as it exposes these personages unseen but so keenly felt in Shakespeare's sonnets and in his life.

DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.

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