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Nowhere fired Shakespeare’s Imagination quite like Italy. But as Francesco Da Mosto argues in this new two part series, Italian cities meant far more to our greatest author than just a sunlit setting....
A special video performance of the theatrical hit that playfully spoofs Shakespeare. The three actors of the Reduced Shakespeare Company draw on their classical (and clown school) training to squeeze all 37...
American scholar James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote during the turbulent reign of Elizabeth’s successor, King James I. One of the new king’s first official acts was to name Shakespeare a...
Feature film about a hairdresser (Walters) who, against the wishes of her family, enrols on a literature course at the Open University. Her tutor (Caine) is a disillusioned, heavy drinking middle-aged man...
A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. Katherine Minola is a talented, single, and quick-tempered, politician who is put under pressure to marry by her family and her...
A modern television interpretation of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue set in the kitchen of a Michelin-starred restaurant. When the owner takes credit for Joe’s dedication, Joe’s...
Documentary. Follows four weeks of rehearsal as Derek Jacobi directs Kenneth Branagh in the lead role in the Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of Hamlet. The actors describe stage action and the...
Rumpole defends Ronald Ransom, an English teacher accused of having had sexual relations with Francesca, a 15-year-old student in his class. Although he had written her several letters, which mysteriously...
A modern television version of Shakespeare’s play with contemporary dialogue. The comedy is transferred to the Dream Park holiday centre where Theo and Polly have come to celebrate their daughter’s...
A modern television interpretation of Shakespeare’s play, with contemporary dialogue, presented as a screwball comedy and set in a provincial newsroom. Beatrice and Benedick discuss and analyse Sonnet 116...
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