Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge. King Lear: King Lear (Sir Michael Hordern), old and tired, divides his kingdom amongst his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia (Brenda Blethyn), youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters... Macbeth: Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down. Othello: Iago (Bob Hoskins) and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, Brabantio (Geoffrey Chater), who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello (Sir Anthony Hopkins). Iago confides to his friend, who had hoped to marry Desdemona (Dame Penelope Wilton), that he serves Othello to further his own ends... Romeo & Juliet: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife. Julius Caesar: The assassination ...The BBC Shakespeare Collection (Vol. 1) - 8-DVD BoxSet ( Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello / Romeo & Juliet / Julius Caesar

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.47 x 2.32 x 7.68 inches; 1.51 Pounds
• Director ‏ : ‎ Alvin Rakoff, Elijah Moshinsky, Herbert Wise, Jack Gold, Jonathan Miller
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, PAL
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1331 minutes
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Eric Porter, Michael Kitchen, Michael Hordern
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Dutch
• Producers ‏ : ‎ The BBC Shakespeare Collection (Vol. 1) - 8-DVD BoxSet ( Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / King Lear / Mac, The BBC Shakespeare Collection (Vol. 1) - 8-DVD BoxSet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / King Lear / Macbeth / Othello / Romeo & Juliet / Julius Caesar / A Midsu
• Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 8