Antoni Cimolino’s production of Hamlet at the Ontario Shakespeare Festival takes the Bard’s masterpiece and pares it down to a tense family drama.
All about the Bard
A guide to modern Shakespeare performance on stage and screen: reviews, interviews, resources, and podcasts.
Henry IV Part 1 and 2 at the RSC perfectly captures Prince Hal’s coming-of-age
Taking a page out of the National Theatre Live’s playbook, the Royal Shakespeare Company has finally started broadcasting their productions to cinemas around the world, and then, unlike NTLive, making them available on DVD. Following the broadcast of Gregory Doran’s Richard II, the RSC has just broadcasted Doran’s productions of the next two Henriad plays. […]
Sam Mendes delivers a lucid, dark, and funny King Lear for NTLive
Sam Mendes’ NTLive King Lear is an almost flawless production of the play at the National Theatre, which was broadcasted live to cinemas worldwide. The phenomenal Simon Russell Beale stars as a megalomaniac Lear who is slowly losing his mind.
NTLive rebroadcasts Frankenstein and Hamlet to cinemas around the world
Two landmark National Theatre productions were recently rebroadcast to cinemas around the world via NTLive: Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatc and Jonny Lee Miller, and Hamlet starring Rory Kinnear.
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry V’ — Measuring what use the King made of his wilder days
Thea Sharrock offers a radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” with a great lead performance from Tom Hiddleston.
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry IV Part 2’ Review
The Hollow Crown Henry IV Part 2 and Henry IV Part 1 films are Eyre’s masterpiece: the visuals are stunning and visceral and the interpretation of the text is solid.