Pericles /
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Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Publishing, [1992?] |
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Description: | 1 videocassette (177 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays. 1987. |
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Format: | Video cassette Video |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1646818 |
Other title: | Pericles, prince of Tyre. |
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Other uniform titles: | Gwilym, Mike. Brychta, Edita. Woodvine, John. Wilders, John Jones, David, 1934-2008 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Pericles |
Other authors / contributors: | British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service Time-Life Television Ambrose Video Publishing |
Notes: | Title from videocassette label. Reissue of the of the 2 videocassette version released by Time-Life Video. Producer, Shaun Sutton ; director, David Jones ; literary consultant, John Wilders. Mike Gwilym, Edita Brychta, John Woodvine, Edward Petherbridge, Juliet Stevenson. VHS format. |
Summary: | A dramatization of Shakespeare's play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre. The story, which first appeared in medieval literature, is that of the Prince of Tyre, who is pursued by the vengeance of King Antiochus because he discovered the monarch's incestuous relationship with his daughter. Fleeing from place to place, Pericles is shipwrecked, courts and marries Thaisa. Their child, Marina, raised by friends when Thaisa is believed to have died, is kidnapped by pirates and sold into a brothel before Thaisa is discovered alive and the family is joyfully reunited. |
Target Audience: | Senior high school through college students and adults. |
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