Bunch of Amateurs, A (2008 Film)

Director

Andy Cadiff

Producer

David Parfitt

Feature film comedy. Ageing Hollywood star (Burt Reynolds) signs up to play the title role in King Lear in Britain to revive his flagging career. He believes the role is part of a Royal Shakespeare Company...

Body Double (2008 Television)

Series

Murdoch Mysteries

Director

Shawn Thompson

Producer

Jan Peter Meyboon

Television murder mystery series set in 1895 Toronto exploring the world of William Murdoch, a handsome young detective who uses radical forensic techniques, such as fingerprinting and trace evidence, to...

Death of a Queen (2008 Television)

Series

Shakespeare in Mzansi

Director

Pieter Grobbelaar

A mini-series based on Macbeth in which the character of King Duncan is transformed into the Rain Queen, the sister of Macbeth (Prince Matlatladiane). When Prince Matlatladiane returns victorious with...

Izingane Zobaba (2008 Television)

aka: Father’s Children

Series

Shakespeare in Mzansi

Director

Tim Greene

Producer

Portia Gumede

Mini-series reworking King Lear and set in the lucrative coal distribution industry of Richards Bay. It depicts the lives of two families torn apart by jealousy, greed and deception and incorporates the...

U-Gugu No Andile (2008 Television)

Series

Shakespeare in Mzansi

Director

Minky Schlesinger

Producer

Bridget Pickering; Neil Brandt

A mini-series which sets the story of Romeo and Juliet during the faction fighting that brought the East Rand township of Thokoza to international attention in 1993. A Xhosa boy finds a Zulu girl but their...

Settings of Shakespeare (2008 Radio)

Radio programme of Shakespeare songs set by composers John Charles Clifton, Schubert, Castelnuovo-Tesco, Sibelius, Warlock, Quilter and Norman Fulton are sung by Heather Harper and John Carol Case with...

Ides of March (2007 Radio)

Series

Classic Fm Evening Concert, The

Radio programme of classical music marking the ‘Ides of March’ by showcasing music inspired by Julius Caesar and other Shakespearean plays. The programme is presented by Nick Bailey. The musical pieces...

Richard III (2007 Film)

Director

Scott Anderson

Producer

Scott Anderson

Feature film. "Now is the winter of our discontent..." With these timeless words, Duke Richard - lounging on his sun deck - sets his murderous plans in motion. His goal: to eliminate the hated rival...

Soul of Wit, The (2007 Film)

Director

Edward Folger

Producer

Edward Folger; Napatsi Folger; Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes

Independent short which adapts characters, speech and themes from Hamlet. The film focuses on the fractured world of schizophrenics inside a psychiatric institution, with a Shakespearean twist in characters...

Shakespeare in American Politics (2007 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare in American Life

Producer

Richard Paul

Three-part radio documentary series, narrated by Sam Waterston, made to mark the 75th anniversary, in 2007, of the Folger Shakespeare Library. The series explores the influence of Shakespeare on American...