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10 results found for '"Shakespeare Lives 2016"' in Series.

  • Twelfth Night (2016 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    Kane Chattey
    Producer
    Joy Campbell

    In the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the British recording artists Maverick Sabre, Mic Righteous and Eyez perform lyrics inspired by Shakespeare’s romantic comedy. The video is part of a series of...

  • Julius Caesar (2016 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    Pedro Martin-Calero

    A re-imagining of Julius Caesar Act I, sc. ii with Tony Osoba as Caesar and Mark Stanley as Brutus. The video is part of a series of films commissioned by the British Council throughout 2016.

  • Star Cross’d: Laura Dockrill’s Romeo and Juliet (2016 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    Rick Stanton; Hector
    Producer
    Penny Gabriel

    STAR CROSS’D is poet, writer and illustrator Laura Dockrill’s contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet. The film is set on a windswept English beach, where ‘two houses, both alike in common crime’ wage...

  • Macbeth (2016 Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    David Wilson (3)

    Short. Lady Macbeth summons up her demons in the soliloquy from Act I, Scene V.

  • Emoji Shakespeare App (2016 Multimedia)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016

    App. Arzamas Academy, the Moscow-based educational website, with the support of the British Council Russia, makes available a free Emoji Shakespeare game app for smartphones. Users can fill in blanks for...

  • Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    Shola Amoo
    Producer
    Rienkje Attoh; Anne Beresford

    In this acclaimed short film, artist, Phoebe Boswell, explores the racial tensions in Othello and their resonance in the contemporary world.

  • Miranda’s Letter

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016

    "Miranda’s Letter" uses "The Tempest" to deliver a creative response to Shakespeare’s limited exploration of the relationships between mothers and daughters. As her widowed father is too preoccupied...

  • Come to Me: Blues for As You Like It (Video)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016

    Inspired by the songs from "As You Like It", musician, Anjana Vasan, performs a musical triptych which follows the trajectory of a relations that doesn’t end well.

  • King Lear: Act 2 Scene 4 Starring Phil Davis

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    Billy Lumby
    Producer
    Rob Jelley

    In this contemporary re-working of King Lear a home for the elderly is the domain of the titular monarch. Having obtained the Power of Attorney to manage his affairs, Lear’s daughters are ecstatic and have...

  • A Winter’s Tale: Shakespeare Lives

    Series
    Shakespeare Lives 2016
    Director
    Carl Hunter
    Producer
    Roy Boulter; Sol Papadopolous

    Sir Antony Gormely’s statues on Crosby Beach provides the other-worldly backdrop for this short adaptation of "A Winter’s Tale. Joseph Mawle stars as Leontes, the ill-fated King who destroys dear...