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  1. Lost King, The (2022 Film)

    Director
    Stephen Frears
    Producer
    Steve Coogan; Philippa Langley
    Subject
    Archaeology; Drama; History; Shakespeare

    Comedy-drama cased on the true story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (played by Sally Hawkins) and her involvement in the unearthing of the remains of King Richard III in Leicester in 2012. She is...

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  2. Bill (2015 Film)

    Director
    Richard Bracewell
    Subject
    Drama; History; Shakespeare

    Adventure comedy. Bill Shakespeare dreams of becoming a playwright but his wife Anne Hathaway wants him to provide for his brood. Unpeturbed, Bill packs his knapsack and heads to the capital, where he...

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  3. Sylvia (2003 Film)

    Director
    Christine Jeffs
    Producer
    Alison Owen

    Biopic featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath and Daniel Craig as Ted Hughes. At one point Plath and Hughes recite from three of Shakespeare’s plays - King Lear (Plath reciting Lear on the heath having...

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  4. Great Expectations (2012)

    Director
    Mike Newell
    Producer
    Elizabeth Karlsen
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £17.99

    Mike Newell’s adaptation of Dickens’ novel stars Helena Bonham-Carter as Miss Havisham and Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch.

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