The new trailer for Julie Taymor’s film version of The Tempest is now available to view in HD (see below). It stars Helen Mirren as ‘Prospera’ and the cast also includes Russell Brand as Trinculo, Alan Cumming as Sebastian, Alfred Molina as Stephano, Felicity Jones as Miranda and Tom Conti as Gonzalo. For further details on the production, see the BUFVC Shakespeare database.

In addition, the UK premier of the new TV production of Macbeth staring Patrick Stewart is now scheduled for broadcast on Sunday 12 December on BBC 4. For further details on the production and the broadcast, see the BUFVC’s TRILT database. A trailer for the broadcast is now available online (see below).