Shakespeare Stories

Series

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Comments

Othello

20051114

Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter.Abridged by Gordon House.

Taken from Italian writer Gerald Cinthio's Hecatommithi, Simon Russell Beale reads the tale of the Moor of Venice, his bitter jealousy and a tragedy born in the folds of a handkerchief.

1/5. Othello

The Winter's Tale

20051115

Abridged by Gordon House.

Gerard Murphy reads Robert Greene's prose romance Pandosto, a tale of sexual jealousy and social unrest, which Shakespeare used as the basis for The Winter's Tale.

Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter.

2/5. The Winter's Tale

Measure For Measure

20051116

Abridged by Gordon House.

Shakespeare took and transformed George Whetstone's Promos and Cassandra when he wrote Measure for Measure.

Claire Skinner reads the original story of corrupt justice and social sleaze.

Directed by Claudine Toutoungi.

Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter.

3/5. Measure for Measure

Shakespeare took and transformed George Whetstone's Promos and Cassandra when he wrote Measure for Measure. Claire Skinner reads the original story of corrupt justice and social sleaze.

Macbeth

20051117

Abridged by Gordon House, read by Stephen Boxer.

Shakespeare found the bloody story of Macbeth, his wife and the Weird Sisters in Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Wales.

Directed by Claudine Toutoungi.

Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter.

4/5. Macbeth

05 LAST

Romeo And Juliet

20051118

Abridged by Gordon House.

Prunella Scales reads an extract from Arthur Brooke's long poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, the first English account of the star-cross'd lovers.

Directed by Claudine Toutoungi.

Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter.

5/5. Romeo and Juliet

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	01	Othello	20051114	Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter.Abridged by Gordon House. Taken from Italian writer Gerald Cinthio's Hecatommithi, Simon Russell Beale reads the tale of the Moor of Venice, his bitter jealousy and a tragedy born in the folds of a handkerchief. 1/5. Othello "
01	02	The Winter's Tale	20051115	Abridged by Gordon House. Gerard Murphy reads Robert Greene's prose romance Pandosto, a tale of sexual jealousy and social unrest, which Shakespeare used as the basis for The Winter's Tale. Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter. 2/5. The Winter's Tale "
01	03	Measure For Measure	20051116	Abridged by Gordon House. Shakespeare took and transformed George Whetstone's Promos and Cassandra when he wrote Measure for Measure. Claire Skinner reads the original story of corrupt justice and social sleaze. Directed by Claudine Toutoungi. Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter. 3/5. Measure for Measure Shakespeare took and transformed George Whetstone's Promos and Cassandra when he wrote Measure for Measure. Claire Skinner reads the original story of corrupt justice and social sleaze. "
01	04	Macbeth	20051117	Abridged by Gordon House, read by Stephen Boxer. Shakespeare found the bloody story of Macbeth, his wife and the Weird Sisters in Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Wales. Directed by Claudine Toutoungi. Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter. 4/5. Macbeth "
01	05 LAST	Romeo And Juliet	20051118	Abridged by Gordon House. Prunella Scales reads an extract from Arthur Brooke's long poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, the first English account of the star-cross'd lovers. Directed by Claudine Toutoungi. Extracts from five different sources that inspired five of Shakespeare's plays, introduced by Shakespeare scholar Dr Carol Rutter. 5/5. Romeo and Juliet "