Purchased DVD's belong to the group for future enjoyment, either within the group or personally at home. Our collection currently comprises:

1. THE WINTER’S TALE: Royal Shakespeare Company production recorded at the Barbican Theatre, London, directed by Gregory Doran.

2. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (2 DVDs’): i. BBC production produced by Jonathan Miller, directed by Elijah Moshinsky, starring Helen Mirren, Peter McEnery, Robert Lindsay and Brian Glover.

ii. Fox Searchlight Pictures and Regency Enterprises production, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Rupert Everett, Kevi Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer.

3. OTHELLO (2 DVD’s): i. The National Theatre of Great Britain. Directed by Stuart Burge, starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay and Derek Jacobi.

ii. Stage-to-screen studio production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Ian McKellen, Imogen Stubbs and Willard White.

4. TWELFTH NIGHT (2 DVD’s): i. Renaissance Films Production, directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorn, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Imelda Staunton, Toby Stephens and Imogen Stubbs.

ii. Renaissance Films Production directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Richard Briers and Caroline Langrishe.

5. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: A Shakespeare Globe production recorded on stage at the Globe Theatre, London.

6. MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Audio recording only by BBC Audiobooks America)

7. HAMLET: Royal Shakespeare Company production, directed by Gregory Doran and featuring David Tennant as Hamlet and Patrick Stewart as Claudius.

8. THE TEMPEST: Touchstone Pictures’ production, starring Helen Mirren as a female ‘Prospera’ and Russell Brand as Trinculo.

9. MACBETH (2 DVD’s):

i. Royal Shakespeare Company Production with Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter.

ii. Royal Shakespeare Company Production with Ian McKellen and Judy Dench.

10.THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2 DVD’S): i. Network Productions: starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett and Michael Jayston. Adapted from Jonathan Miller’s London stage production. Directed by John Sichel.

ii. Cinematic version directed Michael Radford and featuring Al Pacino as Shylock.

11. IN SEARCH OF SHAKESPEARE 4-hour BBC documentary, written and presented by the historian, Michael Wood, with the Royal Shakespeare Company. A historical search for the true story of our greatest playwright.

12. HENRY IV PART I Globe Theatre on-screen with Roger Allam as Falstaff.

13. ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Apart from Burton and Taylor’s overdone cinematic interpretation, this is the only other DVD of the play. Starring Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave in the principal roles, it attempts to recapture the flavour of Shakespeare’s own Globe productions.