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A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

黑太子爱德华之子。继承祖父王位，但是实权被叔父兰开斯特公爵约翰·冈特把持。由于这个原因而记恨兰开斯特家。亲政后驱逐了堂弟兰开斯特公爵亨利，并没收其领地。1399年，亨利在国王远征爱尔兰时举兵拘捕了国王，并让国会同意将理查废黜，由亨利即位。兰开斯特王朝开始。
传说理查二世是手帕的发明者，英国王室札记这样写到：“国王用一小片衣物擦鼻子。”

In 1969 this version of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night reached U.K. television screens. The production, which was directed by John Dexter and John Sichel, includes an all-star cast, with Alec Guinness in the role of Malvolio and Joan Plowright playing Viola.

塞巴斯蒂安（斯蒂文·麦金托什 Steven Mackintosh 饰）和维奥拉（伊莫金·斯塔布斯 Imogen Stubbs 饰）是一对情同手足的孪生兄妹，一场暴风雨中，两人不幸遇难，维奥拉死里逃生，塞巴斯蒂安却就此下落不明。为了找到哥哥，维奥拉不惜女扮男装，成为了奥西诺公爵（托比·斯蒂芬斯 Toby Stephens 饰）的贴身侍从。
奥西诺公爵深爱着名为奥莉薇娅（海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）的女子，但奥莉薇娅却因为生活变故而拒绝相见。公爵派出维奥拉前往奥莉薇娅处游说说情，让两人没有想到的是，奥莉薇娅似乎对维奥拉情有独钟。糟糕的是，维奥拉爱上了善良的奥西诺公爵，一段复杂的三人关系，究竟会走向怎样的境地呢？

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