Streaming Shakespeare
From film recommendations and reviews of theatre recordings, your definitive guide to Shakespeare in the digital age.
Apple TV+ film review: The Tragedy of Macbeth
January 14, 2022 | David Farnor
Joel Coen nightmarish take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is stark, spellbinding cinema.Read More
National Theatre at Home review: Julius Caesar (Bridge Theatre)
May 20, 2021 | David Farnor
This innovative, immersive take on Shakespeare’s timely political tragedy is mesmerising theatre.Read More
BBC Four review: The Winter’s Tale
April 29, 2021 | David Farnor
The 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 Farnor
Kurosawa’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 Farnor
Patrick 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 Farnor
When 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 Farnor
With 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
Romeo & Juliet review: A uniquely timely take on a timeless tragedy
April 4, 2021 | David Farnor
This intimate, inventive production of Shakespeare’s timeless romance captures the thrilling immediacy of connection.Read More
National Theatre at Home review: Othello
January 7, 2021 | David Farnor
Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear are superb in this thrilling update of Shakespeare’s tragedy.Read More
Digital theatre review: Hamlet (2016)
August 20, 2020 | David Farnor
Paapa Essiedu is brilliant in the RSC’s vivid, intense production of Hamlet from 2016.Read More
