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
http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "William Shakespeare’s Star Wars". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79196 (Accessed 05 Dec 2024)