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Rudimentary illustrated essay by Drew Alexander Ross on some of the best films drawn from Shakespearean material. Major films referenced include Olivier’s RICHARD III, Zeffirelli’s ROMEO AND JULIET,...
Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains is an adaptation of Berkoff’s one-person play, ‘Shakespeare’s Villains’. Here, Berkoff interrogates and analyses the psyche of the Bard’s most memorable and...
An interview with Hassan Jamal about his LA Subway Shakespeare project, where he films scenes from Shakespeare in a single unbroken take in and around the Los Angeles metro system. The films are available to...
Matthew Sweet is joined live by Professor Preti Taneja, author of a novel We That Are Young, which sets the King Lear in Delhi; Dr Iain Smith, who studies films from around the world; and by Andrew Dickson,...
Podcast. Tony Farina joins host Dan to discuss 10 films based, more or less, on a play by Shakespeare. The films discussed include: FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956), SHE’S THE MAN (2006), ROSENCRANTZ AND...
Imprisoned for life in a maximum security facility, a group of inmates deploy the words of Shakespeare to reflect on their existence.
A feature film of Macbeth made with serving prisoners in Northern Ireland’s maximum security prison, HMP Maghaberry.
Five short films based on five Shakespeare sonnets in which the original relationships are set in modern London. Part 1. DAY IN THE PARK. Sonnet 15. Part 2. LOVERS IN A RESTAURANT. Sonnet 138. Part 3. THE...
Recording of an online lecture by Dr Anthony Quinn, introduced by Rossella M. Riccobono. The lecture includes analyses of the films made from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Francis X Bushman and John W...
Podcast. Pamela Hutchinson talks to Barbara Bogaev about the life and career of actress Asta Nielsen and her 1921 film version of Hamlet (qv), which depicted the title character as a princess.
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