Title:
Platonov [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
[London] : 2/entertain : BBC Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Bros. Video, [2008]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781419865794
Abstract:
Platonov is a shortened version of Chekhov's early, unfinished and six-hour play, about a notorious Russian philanderer. Wild honey is Michael Frayn's adaptation of the same play.
General Note:
Title from disc surface; credits from booklet in set box.
Originally broadcast May 23, 1971 on BBC's Play of the month.
Extras: Omnibus episode: Pennington on Chekhov / BBC (ca. 27 min. ; 1984); radio play: Wild honey / translated and adapted by Michael Frayn (ca. 124 min. ; 1989).
Performers:
Platonov: Rex Harrison, Sian Phillips, Clive Revill, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joanna Dunham. Wild honey: Ian McKellan, Elizabeth Bell, Elizabeth Garvie, Anna-Calder Marshall.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC; region 1; mono.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English, with optional English SDH subtitles.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Title:
Pennington on Chekhov [DVD video]
Wild honey [DVD video]
Audience:
Canadian Home Video rating: PG.