Shakespeare
Apple TV+ film review: The Tragedy of Macbeth
January 14, 2022 | David FarnorJoel Coen nightmarish take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is stark, spellbinding cinema.Read More
Globe Player relaunches as subscription streaming service
December 11, 2021 | David FarnorShakespeare’s Globe Theatre is relaunching its Globe Player as a subscription streaming service.
The platform launched back in 2014 and offered full-length films of more than 50 Shakespeare productions recorded at the Globe to rent or buy – usually priced … Read More
Almeida Theatre streams The Tragedy of Macbeth online
October 21, 2021 | David FarnorThe Almeida Theatre will stream its production of The Tragedy of Macbeth live online this month.
Yaël Farber directs James McArdle and Saoirse Ronan in the adaptation of Shakespeare’s play – an elemental production about a world in transformation, the … Read More
National Theatre at Home review: Julius Caesar (Bridge Theatre)
May 20, 2021 | David FarnorThis innovative, immersive take on Shakespeare’s timely political tragedy is mesmerising theatre.Read More
Globe Theatre to stream 2021 season online
May 16, 2021 | David FarnorShakespeare’s Globe Theatre is preparing to open its doors once again this spring – but it will be opening its doors online too, streaming productions throughout its 2021 season for audiences at home as well as those inside the Wooden … Read More
BBC Four review: The Winter’s Tale
April 29, 2021 | David FarnorThe Winter’s Tale is perhaps more famous for a stage direction involving a bear than its plot, but Shakespeare’s strange tragi-comedy is stylish and engaging in its own right in this production from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Originally called off … Read More
VOD film review: Throne of Blood
April 25, 2021 | David FarnorKurosawa’s jaw-dropping take on Macbeth is one of cinema’s best Shakespeare adaptations.Read More
VOD film review: Macbeth (2010)
April 24, 2021 | David FarnorPatrick Stewart is superb in this moving, chilling tale of a man losing his head tinged with nihilistic despair.Read More
Streaming Shakespeare: 11 best modern movie adaptations
April 23, 2021 | David FarnorWhen it comes to the Bard, a little bit of iambic pentameter can go a long way for modern audiences. Over the decades, though, there has been no end of versions that have brought Shakespeare’s work into contemporary settings to … Read More
Streaming Shakespeare: Which theatre plays can I watch online?
April 23, 2021 | David FarnorWith Friday 23rd April marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, there’s never been a better time to boot up the internet and see one of his plays performed. While there are more film adaptations of his work in heaven … Read More