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In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for
I.T. presents a completely improvised play done in the style of the bard himself. "Everything Under the Sun" tells a tale of star-crossed lovers, seamstresses, butchers, a king who lacks debonaire... and an eagle creatur
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna, disgusted by the immorality in his city, announces his withdrawal from public life and leaves his deputy, the puritanical Angelo, in charge. Angelo, in his zeal for observing the letter of the
A unique blend of the original Shakespearian text with modern dialogue and lively music, abridged for those studying The Bard at Key Stage 2 & 3.
Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet. Despite this, and the fact that Juliet has been promised to another man in marriage, they fall in love. But any p
Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation
Maddie has an interview for her dream job: a tour guide at Shakespeare’s Globe. She bursts on to the stage brimming with facts & information, but she needs to know that the theatre is about feelings too. William Shakespe
There's no name better known in the world of Literature than William Shakespeare, and whatever your feelings about such dramatic offerings as "Romeo and Juliet", "Twelfth Night", "King Lear", "Othello", "Hamlet", "Julius
One-man stage performance by English stage and screen actor Sir Ian McKellen. McKellen reprises roles over his career in the theatre (such as the works of William Shakespeare) and on film (such as Gandalf in J. R. R. Tol
From London's Globe Theatre, the hallowed open-air stage where many of William Shakespeare's greatest plays were performed, comes this special that chronicles 18 months of work by the University of California at Berkeley
This fascinating film tells the story of the greatest rescue in cultural history: how in 1623, two former colleagues of William Shakespeare took on the task of saving The Bard’s work for posterity by collecting his plays
William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", re-imagined in a child's vision of Hell. "Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space" is a festive yarn, comprised of the most homely and vulgar materials, while shamelessly thwarted bu
The Tudor Court is locked in a power struggle between its nobles and the Machiavellian Cardinal Wolsey, the King's first minister and the country's most conspicuous symbol of Catholic power. Wolsey's ambition knows no b
Cleopatra, the alluring and fascinatingly ambiguous Queen of Egypt, has bewitched the great Mark Antony, soldier, campaigner and now one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire. When Antony quarrels with his fellow leade
This is the first film in Barnes' 'Shaw vs. Shakespeare' series, considered by experts to be among the finest educational films ever made. Here is wonderful introduction to Barnes as an insightful and witty interpreter o
A documentary film by Millikin University graduate Katie Kocan '25, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" by the student organization Shakespeare Corrected at the Decatur Corr
Chicken Shop Shakespeare bring Shakespearean words and scenes to unexpected public environments and new audiences.
Intermission Youth Theatre are remixing Shakespeare's Othello with urban slang to get more young people interested in his work.
Shakespeare’s Othello is revisited exactly as it was written, brought into the present through the power of dialect alone. Iago, Othello, and Desdemona are regrettably still among us, in contemporary events told through