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ShakespeaRe-Told, the Glossary

ShakespeaRe-Told is the umbrella title for a series of four television adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays broadcast on BBC One during November 2005.^[1]

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Television shows based on works by William Shakespeare
Works based on A Midsummer Night's Dream
Works based on Macbeth
Works based on Much Ado About Nothing
Works based on The Taming of the Shrew

Acorn DVD

RLJE International Ltd, d/b/a Acorn Media, a British company that publishes and distributes DVDs, as well as selling home-video products and streaming videos with a particular focus on British television.

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Banquo

Lord Banquo, the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth.

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BBC Northern Ireland

BBC Northern Ireland (BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland.

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BBC One

BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC television drama

BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom.

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Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)

Beatrice is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.

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Bill Paterson (actor)

William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor with a career in theatre, film, television and radio.

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Billie Piper

Billie Paul Piper (née Leian Paul Piper; born 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer.

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Brian Percival

Brian Percival is a British film director, known for his work on the British television series Downton Abbey and North & South, as well as the feature film The Book Thief.

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Bridesmaid

Bridesmaids are members of the bride's party at some Western traditional wedding ceremonies.

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Canterbury Tales (TV series)

Canterbury Tales is a series of six single dramas that originally aired on BBC One in 2003.

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Damian Lewis

Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a British actor, musician and producer.

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David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor and writer.

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David Nicholls (writer)

David Alan NichollsBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1837–2006.

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Dean Lennox Kelly

Dean Lennox Kelly (born 30 November 1975) is an English actor and voice over artist.

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Demetrius

Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess Demeter".

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Derek Riddell

Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor.

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Ed Fraiman

Ed Fraiman is a British filmmaker who won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Best Newcomer Award.

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Fairy

A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.

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Hermia

Hermia is a fictional character from Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)

Hero is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.

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Hippolyta

In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera,Hyginus, Fabulae, 30 queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe.

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Imelda Staunton

Dame Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer.

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Jaime Murray

Jaime Erica Murray (born 21 July 1976) is an English actress.

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James McAvoy

James McAvoy (born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor.

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Johnny Vegas

Michael Joseph Pennington (born 5 September 1970), better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director.

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Joseph Millson

Joseph Millson (born 27 April 1974) is an English actor, writer, director and singer.

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Keeley Hawes

Clare Julia Hawes (born 10 February 1976), known professionally as Keeley Hawes, is an English actress.

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King Duncan

King Duncan is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Macbeth. He is the father of two youthful sons (Malcolm and Donalbain), and the victim of a well-plotted regicide in a power grab by his trusted captain Macbeth.

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Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.

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Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)

The Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition, more commonly referred to as the Leader of the Opposition, is the person who leads the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom.

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Lennie James

Lennie Michael James (born 11 October 1965) is a British actor, screenwriter, and playwright.

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Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Maître d'hôtel

The paren), head waiter, host, waiter captain, or maître d manages the public part, or "front of the house", of a formal restaurant. The responsibilities of a maître d'hôtel generally include supervising the waiting staff, welcoming guests and assigning tables to them, taking reservations, and ensuring that guests are satisfied.

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Macbeth (character)

Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607).

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Macduff (Macbeth)

Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife, is a character and the heroic main antagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c.1603–1607) that is loosely based on history.

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Malcolm (Macbeth)

Malcolm is a character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607).

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Martin Jarvis (actor)

Martin Jarvis OBE (born 4 August 1941) is an English actor.

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Mechanical (character)

The mechanicals are six characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream who perform the play-within-a-play Pyramus and Thisbe.

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Nick Bottom

Nick Bottom is a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who provides comic relief throughout the play.

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Oberon

Oberon is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature.

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Peter Bowker

Peter Bowker (born 5 January 1959) is a British playwright and screenwriter.

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Peter Moffat

Alexander Peter Moffat (born 2 June 1962) is a British playwright and screenwriter.

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Petruchio

Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1590–1594).

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Public relations

Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception.

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Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Richard Armitage (actor)

Richard Crispin Armitage (born 22 August 1971) is an English actor and author.

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Rufus Sewell

Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is a British actor.

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Rupert Evans

Rupert Evans (born 9 March 1977) is a British actor.

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Sally Wainwright

Sally Anne Wainwright (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director.

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Sarah Parish

Sarah Parish (born 7 June 1968) is an English actress.

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Sharon Small

Sharon Small is a Scottish actress known for her work in film, radio, theatre, and television.

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Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson (born 24 November 1965) is a Scottish actress.

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Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in Chancer (1990), Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in Grafters (1998–1999), Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart (2006–2013) and Alan Banks in DCI Banks (2010–2016).

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Theseus

Theseus (Θησεύς) was a divine hero and the founder of Athens from Greek mythology.

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Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Titania is a character in William Shakespeare's 1595–1596 play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Toby Kebbell

Tobias Alistair Patrick KebbellBirths, Marriages & Deaths: Toby is married to Arielle Wyatt.

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Tom Ellis (actor)

Thomas John Ellis (born 17 November 1978) is a Welsh actor.

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Twiggy

Dame Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer.

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Vincent Regan

Vincent Regan (born 16 May 1965) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for his roles in 300, Troy, Unleashed, Clash of the Titans, Lockout and One Piece.

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Waste collector

A waste collector, also known as a garbage man, garbage collector, trashman (in the U.S), binman or dustman (in the UK), is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste (refuse) and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection sites for further processing and waste disposal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShakespeaRe-Told

Also known as ShakespeaRetold, Shakespeare Re-Told, Shakespeare ReTold.

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ShakespeaRe-Told, the Glossary

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See also

Television shows based on works by William Shakespeare

Works based on A Midsummer Night's Dream

Works based on Macbeth

Works based on Much Ado About Nothing

Works based on The Taming of the Shrew

References