:-) I've set out on a quest to watch all the BBC Shakespeare versions of plays I don't know, but I haven't watched Much Ado (it being one the plays I do know) but you're not the first person to have mentioned that to me, so I must make sure I do include it.
Actually, a lot of the BBC Shakespeare versions of the plays seem to be up there if you Google them. They do vary though - they made them from 1978-1984 with different directors and very different styles, especially the earlier ones compared with the later ones.
I believe MAAAN to be a later one, because they'd clearly run out of money, and what is supposed to be Tuscany (or something) is obviously a giant canvas.
LOLOLOL. Sorry, I'm laughing helplessly here at the idea that they had run out of money, because I don't think they ever had any to start with... :-D
Slightly more seriously, they must have had some budget, as they had US funding to do it, but I think that must have gone on actors and directors (Fair enough) and in order to afford to do it they made all but a couple of them in two weeks each. So, you know, time, money, they didn't have any of that stuff.
Also, there is a difference between the earlier and later ones in that the later tend to be more 'arty' (for want of a better word, sorry) and have more obviously staged/minimalist sets and frequently have Jacobean-era settings, whereas the first few aimed at more realistic and traditional setting - well, realistic is not the word (but it'll have to do. The change came with the overall producers - Cedric Messina did the
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Actually, a lot of the BBC Shakespeare versions of the plays seem to be up there if you Google them. They do vary though - they made them from 1978-1984 with different directors and very different styles, especially the earlier ones compared with the later ones.
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LOLOLOL. Sorry, I'm laughing helplessly here at the idea that they had run out of money, because I don't think they ever had any to start with... :-D
Slightly more seriously, they must have had some budget, as they had US funding to do it, but I think that must have gone on actors and directors (Fair enough) and in order to afford to do it they made all but a couple of them in two weeks each. So, you know, time, money, they didn't have any of that stuff.
Also, there is a difference between the earlier and later ones in that the later tend to be more 'arty' (for want of a better word, sorry) and have more obviously staged/minimalist sets and frequently have Jacobean-era settings, whereas the first few aimed at more realistic and traditional setting - well, realistic is not the word (but it'll have to do. The change came with the overall producers - Cedric Messina did the ( ... )
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