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The National Theatre’s 1999 production of The Merchant of Venice re-staged for television. Directed for stage by Trevor Nunn and for television by Chris Hunt. Henry Goodman is Shylock.
Animation short. A life drawing class is caught in the act of capturing the male nude on paper. Words spoken are from Shakespeare.
Independent, experimental video. A re-working of The Merchant of Venice, that includes text from Kathy Acker’s reinterpretation of the play. Makes extensive use of live and pre-recorded video, and employs...
Feature film about high school student and rugby champion Matt Grant, whose secret passion is ballet dancing. When he auditions for a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Sydney Opera House, he has to face...
Documentary short written and directed by George Fleming which combines Shakespeare with modern Britain to to produce a poetic documentary about a modern British family. [Description summarised from that...
Richard Eyre’s film version of his 1997 National Theatre production of King Lear, with Ian Holm as Lear.
Made-for-television film based on a performance of the State Theatre ‘Volnaja Stesena’, Minsk. Adapted by Alexey Dudarev with Oleg Garbuz as Macbeth.
Actors and directors explore scenes from Macbeth, including scenes performed in Wapping Hydraulic Pumping Station. The film uses elements of the play as a springboard for telling stories without using words,...
Fiction short. A contemporary reworking (as a black comedy) of Hamlet, set in South London gangland. Revolving around a game of Russian Roulette between Keith and Dave at the wedding reception of the...
Filmed partly on location in Venice, the specially commissioned production of The Merchant of Venice emphasises contemporary issues of capitalism, feminism, and racism in the form of anti-semitism. Bob Peck...
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