Shakespeare
Homeschooling: RSC launches Live Lesson and Homework Help online
April 28, 2020 | David FarnorThe Royal Shakespeare Company is stepping into the breach to help schools, parents and students across the UK with a live-streaming lesson, homework assistance and a partnership with BBC Bitesize focused on the Bard.
Live Lesson
Today, Exploring Macbeth: A … Read More
National Theatre at Home review: Twelfth Night (National Theatre)
April 25, 2020 | David FarnorTamsin Greig is a riot in this raucous, playful, stylish take on Twelfth Night.Read More
Globe Theatre streams 40 Shakespeare productions for free
April 2, 2020 | David FarnorShakespeare’s Globe Theatre will be streaming 40 Shakespeare productions online for free over the coming weeks, as theatre fans turn the web to get their culture fix. (You can see our full guide to streaming plays online here – or … Read More
VOD film review: Macbeth (2018)
April 23, 2018 | David FarnorThis 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
December 13, 2017 | David FarnorVirgin 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
November 11, 2017 | David FarnorShakespeare heads to Barbados for this colourful, novel take on a familiar comedy.Read More
A Midsummer Night’s Dream to stream live around the world from Shakespeare’s Globe
September 6, 2016 | David FarnorA 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)
August 7, 2016 | David FarnorThis 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
July 2, 2016 | David FarnorBBC 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
VOD film review: Russell T. Davies’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016)
June 9, 2016 | David FarnorRussell T Davies’ enchantingly fresh take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a celebration of life and imagination.Read More