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Shakespeare's adaptation of the Menaechmi of Plautus, performed at the Stratford Film Festival. A romantic comedy that tells of the complications which follow when the merchant Aegeon enters the enemy state of Ephesus in hopes of reuniting his family years after a shipwreck separates him from h...

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Corporate Authors: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Stratford Festival (Ont.), Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Johnson, Geordie, Dinicol, Keith, Pennell, Nicholas, Semple, Goldie, Peacock, Lucy, 1947-, Blendick, James, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Plautus, Titus Maccius
Format: Conference Proceeding Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [1996]
Subjects:
Feature films.
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Summary:Shakespeare's adaptation of the Menaechmi of Plautus, performed at the Stratford Film Festival. A romantic comedy that tells of the complications which follow when the merchant Aegeon enters the enemy state of Ephesus in hopes of reuniting his family years after a shipwreck separates him from his twin sons, their twin slaves and his wife.
Item Description:Originally produced for television in 1989.
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
"FFH6071."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Editor, Peter Ovens ; music, Berthold Carriere ; costumes, Patrick Clark.