VOD film review: Macbeth (2018)

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This visually stunning take on Macbeth is an excitingly innovative interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic.Read More

Will: Virgin TV to show the wild side of Shakespeare

Virgin TV will be showing customers Shakespeare as never seen before this Christmas, as a new drama about the Bard is unleashed as a box set.

From the writer of Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge, Will promises “wild, rowdy and … Read More

VOD film review: A Caribbean Dream

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Director: Shakirah Bourne Cast: Adrian Green, Susannah Harker, Sam Gillett, Jherad Alleyne, Marina Bye, Sonia Williams, Aden Gillett, Lorna Gayle Certificate: PG Watch A Caribbean Dream online in the UK: iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play / Sky … Read More

A Midsummer Night’s Dream to stream live around the world from Shakespeare’s Globe

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will stream live around the world for free this month, as part of the online Shakespeare Lives festival.

The final night of the Bollywood-infused production, which has wowed critics and played to sold-out audiences at the … Read More

UK TV review: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016)

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This brilliantly acted and carefully crafted Shakespeare cycle is a gripping study of royalty and power.Read More

BBC iPlayer to stream Don Warrington’s King Lear this summer

BBC iPlayer will stream Don Warrington’s King Lear this summer.

The free release of the play continues the BBC’s Shakespeare Lives festival, a six-month online celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, which began on 23rd April 2016 … Read More

Shakespeare 400: In praise of Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare adaptations

In the Community episode “Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design”, the drama teacher tells Jeff that they’ve just done “a modern retelling of Macbeth set in gangland Chicago.” With a sarcastic smirk, Jeff replies, “Oh, fresh take.” There’s something about Shakespeare … Read More

Interview: Richard Loncraine looks back at Richard III

On Thursday 28th April, the BFI is hosting a screening of Richard III, followed by an on-stage discussion between Ian McKellen and director Richard Loncraine, beamed live into cinemas around the country.

We catch up with Loncraine ahead of the … Read More

Shakespeare 400: The BBC TV schedule

On Saturday 23rd April, the BBC celebrated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in style, with a full day of live-streamed events online from across the country, climaxing in a special festival at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, broadcast live on … Read More

Shakespeare 400: A review of David Tennant’s Richard II

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“You may my glories and my state depose, but not my griefs. Still, am I king of those.”

David Tennant’s Richard II, released online today for anyone to watch anywhere in the world, is a masterful study of doomed royalty. … Read More