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David Tennant Remembers ... Hamlet (2023 Television)
- Producer
- Simon Goretzki; Simon Catt
Brief documentary. David Tennant looks back on playing Hamlet in Greg Doran’s award-winning 2008 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He talks about his approach to the part, performing opposite...
Dame Janet Suzman Remembers ... The Wars of the Roses (2023 Television)
- Producer
- Simon Goretzki; Shelley Talton
Dame Janet Suzman looks back on her role as Joan of Arc in the BBC’s 1965 adaptations of Shakespeare’s Wars of the Roses. Under the direction of John Barton and Peter Hall at the Royal Shakespeare...
Gregory Doran Remembers ... Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2023 Television)
- Producer
- Simon Goretzki; Simon Catt
Gregory Doran, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, looks back on the challenges he faced bringing together a cast of acclaimed actors - and even members of the Royal family - for his...
Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers ... The Hollow Crown (2023 Television)
- Producer
- Simon Goretzki; Andrew Wiltshire
Actor Simon Russell Beale looks back on The Hollow Crown, the BBC’s 2012 adaptations of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V. Beale’s performance as Falstaff won him...
Al-Hamlet Summit, The (2023 Radio)
- Series
- Drama on 3
- Director
- Abigail le Fleming
- Producer
- Gaelan Davis-Connolly
A new production of Kuwaiti-British writer Sulayman Al-Bassam’s reimagining of Hamlet, transplanted from Denmark to a modern Arab state in trouble.
Hamlet Noir (2023 Radio)
- Director
- Carl Prekopp
- Producer
- Charlotte Melén; Saskia Black
Radio drama. A reworking of Shakespeare’s Hamlet set in contemporary Denmark in the style of a Scandi Noir. This version interweaves a police investigation led by detective Eva Holm into the suspicious...
Hamlette (2023 Radio)
- Series
- Drama on 3
- Director
- Emma Harding
A radical re-imagining of the story of Hamlet by Tamsin Oglesby. Rising political star, Harriet (Jeany Spark), is consumed by the question of how to avenge the rape of her sister.
Hugh Quarshie Remembers ... Othello (2023 Television)
- Producer
- Simon Goretzki; Shelley Talton
Hugh Quarshie looks back on his highly praised interpretation of Othello in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2015 production, directed by Iqbal Khan. He considers the extra responsibility a black actor must...
Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Love Story (2023 Television)
- Series
- Read, The
- Director
- Alice Johanessen
- Producer
- Julie Colman
20 of Shakespeare’s sonnets are combined in this television drama by Grant Black to explore four love stories in contemporary Britain.
Dame Helen Mirren Remembers ... As You Like It (2023 Television)
- Producer
- Simon Goretzki; Simon Catt
Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles, playing Rosalind in the BBC’s 1978 production of the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It. She shares her thoughts on the potential that...