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Gregory Doran, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, looks back on the challenges he faced bringing together a cast of acclaimed actors - and even members of the Royal family - for his...
Brief documentary. David Tennant looks back on playing Hamlet in Greg Doran’s award-winning 2008 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He talks about his approach to the part, performing opposite...
Actor Simon Russell Beale looks back on The Hollow Crown, the BBC’s 2012 adaptations of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V. Beale’s performance as Falstaff won him...
Broadcast of a stage recording of the 2016 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Emma Rice, which privileges a fusion of music, comedy and dance. Ex-cabaret...
Recording of a panel discussion held as part of the Aspen Ideas Festival. Brian Cox, the star of the TV drama series Succession, and Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Simon Godwin, discuss the...
Yaël Farber directs James McArdle as Macbeth and Saoirse Ronan as Lady Macbeth in the Almeida’s 2021 Olivier Award-nominated production about a couple’s spine-chilling quest for power. The 2023 TV...
An essay film, part fiction and part documentary, that explores how Hamlet haunts audiences and the play’s characters, drawing on the work of Marx and Derrida among others.
5-part Radio documentary series. Samuel West and Dr Andrea Smith present a guide to Shakespeare productions produced by BBC Radio since its inception in 1922. 1. This episode looks the early days of radio,...
Italian crime film based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Dr. Michael Gomez leads a round table discussion featuring four young actors. Subdivided into five sections, Dr Gomez facilitates a dialogue on mental health issues that is then illustrated with scenes from...
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