Muse of Fire

Synopsis: Independent and self-funded documentary. Actors/directors Dan Poole and Giles Terera travel the world asking actors, directors, students and the public about their experiences of Shakespeare.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2013
Notes: Estimated budget £350,000.
Released on DVD (NTSC Region 0) in 2015 with a running time of 83 minutes. DVD extras include a 60-minute film, SHAKESPEARE IN PRACTICE featuring actors and practitioners at London’s National Theatre Studio. Extracts from Shakespeare’s works including Sonnets, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet are accompanied by commentary by Ian McKellen, Bonnie Greer, Fiona Shaw, Peter Gill, Brian Cox, Derek Jacobi, Henry Goodman, and co-founder of the RSC, John Barton.
Subjects: Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Director: Dan Poole; Giles Terera
Producer: Dan Poole; Giles Terera
Cinematographer: Dan Poole
Music: Giles Terera
Contributor: Alan Cumming; Alan Rickman; Alec McCowen; Baz Luhrmann; Ben Kingsley; Brian Cox; Christopher Eccleston; Derek Jacobi; Dominic West; Edward Cornely; Finty Williams; Fiona Shaw; Frances Barber; Geraldine James; Harold Bloom; Helen McCrory; Ian McKellen; Jaime Murray; James Earl Jones; Jeremy Irons; John Hurt; John lLequizamo; Jude Law; Judi Dench; Julie Taymor; Mark Rylance; Michael Gambon; Michael Grandage; Ralph Fiennes; Simon Russell Beale; Steven Berkoff; Toby Stephens; Zoë Wanamaker

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