William Shakespeare’s Star Wars

Synopsis

Steve Purcell (University of Warwick) introduces a live staged performance of excerpts from Ian Doescher’s novel, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, the first in a series of comic pastiches told in Elizabethan English. Presented by Quirk Books and The Show Must Go Online, the presentation was recorded using the zoom platform and broadcast live on 4 May 2020, a day devoted to all things Star Wars ("May the Fourth be With You" etc.). The production itself lasts a half hour and is followed by a coversation with he cast and crew and Doescher himself, who also appears as a chorus character.

Cast:
Tiffany Abercrombie (Princess Leia Organa)
Sam Benjamin (Han Solo)
Bill Bingham (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Elliott Borneman (Luke Skywalker)
Dominic Brewer (C-3PO)
Corinna Brown (Ensemble 3)
David Djemal (Ensemble 2)
Stephen Leask (Chewbacca)
Eugenia Low (R2-D2)
Ruth Page (Ensemble 4)
Miguel Perez (Darth Vader)
Ramona Von Pusch (Ensemble 1)
Clark Alexander as Swing

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; Video

Transmission details

4 May 2020

Duration

72 mins

Credits

Director

Robert Myles

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Online Availability

Online URL

https://youtu.be/XICtSvBPVh8

Production Company

Name

Robert Myles

Web

https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web

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