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The Adventures of Shakespeare and Watson: Detectives of Mystery (Film)
- Director
- Christopher Piazza
- Producer
- Christopher Piazza; Kathleeen Green; Sara Ruth Blake
Comedy short. Shakespeare and Watson are on the run from Russian mobsters in Brighton Beach after Shakespeare stole a bag of cocaine. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go back in time using Sherlock’s...
Magic of Shakespeare, The (Video)
- Series
- The Bodleian Libraries (Bodcasts)
Video podcast. The lecture by Jonathan Bate celebrates Shakespeare’s immortality on the exact 400th anniversary of his burial. It begins with Theseus’ speech in A Midsummer Night’s Dream about the...
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.
The Prince of Denmark
- Series
- Shakespeare Lives
- Director
- Alexander Kirkland; Robert Rafalat
In this contemporary drama "vaguely inspired by Hamlet", the old tragedy gets the comic treatment. A young Hamlet heads home to the Prince of Denmark pub after leaving University. His father, the owner has...
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...
Les Amants de Vérone (Film)
aka: The Lovers of Verona
- Director
- Andre Cayatte
- Producer
- Raymond Borderie
A cinema production of Romeo and Juliet forms the backdrop for this film set in post-war Italy. Angelo, a glassblower and Georgia, the daughter of a magistrate fall in love when they’re hired as stand-ins...
Music Inspired by Shakespeare - By Professor Russ McDonald (Audio)
- Series
- London Philharmonic Orchestra Podcasts
As part of the Shakespeare 400 celebrations, Professor Russ McDonald explores how Shakespeare’s work has influenced composers. He focuses on Dvorak’s Othello overture which was performed by the London...
Macbeth - Performances in the 1880s (Audio)
A lecturer in Shakespeare from Kings College London, Dr Lucy Munro reviews the performances of Macbeth in the 1880s. Actors, Tom Lincoln and Eva Feiler give contrasting performances as Macbeth and Lady...
Colin You Anus (Film)
- Director
- Ben Wheatley
- Producer
- Andy Starke
A reworking of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. Having extended New Year Party invitations to his extended family, Colin’s position of power is undermined by the unexpected arrival of David, his...