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Audio podcast. The philosopher Wes Alwan and the poet Erin O’Luanaigh discuss the themes of Shakespeare’s play, its use of imagery and metaphor and what it tells us about courting rituals.
Animated burlesque. Antonio is a Venetian ice-cream man; Bassanio a navvy. Antonio is brought to court by Shylock. After shedding flood of tears (which cause the flowers in her window box to grow) Portia (a...
Made-for-television film based on a performance of the State Theatre ‘Volnaja Stesena’, Minsk. Adapted by Alexey Dudarev with Oleg Garbuz as Macbeth.
Feature film. Punjab version of Romeo and Juliet. While attending a wedding Dido Ranjha falls in love with Heer Saleti who is already married. Their families are long-standing enemies and determine to...
Saint-Saens’ opera based on Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. The Orchestre Lyrique Francais is conducted by Alain Guingal. Philippe Rouillon is Henry VIII.
Feature Western film in which critics have seen the influence of the Gloucester sub-plot in King Lear. The patriach, Donald Crisp, is worried about his kingdom (cattle ranch) and, like Gloucester, he is...
Russian version of Much Ado About Nothing incorporating ballet and dance. Courtney Lehmann (op cit) writes: ‘This film is a curious hybrid that includes classical ballet interludes, a narrator figure who...
In an experiment with Google’s Creative Lab, in June 2013 the Royal Shakespeare Company extended its stage online. The RSC performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in real time over three days, as a group of...
Feature film. Black comedy, the sub-plot offering a loose adaptation of Hamlet. Tells the story of a university graduate, Valya (Chursin) who impersonates victims in crime-scene reconstructions. Valya feels...
Russian adaptation of the play. Katya Luchko is Viola.
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