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  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Othello English-Verse Translator, Mfoniso Udofia (2023 Audio)

    Series
    Play on Podcasts: Othello

    Audio podcast. Mfoniso Udofia explores the hard questions raised by her brutal translation of Othello, now adapted as part of the ‘Play On Shakespeare’ project to create more contemporary and accessible...

  • Wrongs we Do, The (2023 Audio)

    Series
    Play on Podcasts: Othello
    Director
    Victor Malana Maog
    Producer
    Catherine Eaton

    Audio podcast. Episode six of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s Othello. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Mfoniso Udofia. The...

  • 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...

  • 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...