Othello, 2017 ~ A mini-festival of films of recent Royal Shakespeare Company productions

A mini-festival of films of recent Royal Shakespeare Company productions

~ Tuesday Nov 1 st , 4.30pm, Hamlet, 2016.
Rising star Paapa Essiedu, currently starring on television in The Capture, gives a stunning performance as Hamlet in Simon Godwin’s contemporary production.
Shakespeares most familiar tragedy comes alive with bold strokes of colour in a vibrant and breath-taking shape & Broadway World

~ Wednesday Nov 2 nd , 4.30pm, Much Ado About Nothing, or Love’s Labour’s Won, 2015.
Edward Bennett and Michelle Terry are enchanting in Christopher
Luscombe’s clever updating of Much Ado to the early 20 th century. A group of soldiers returns from the trenches. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own, altogether more combative, courtship.

~ Thursday Nov 3 rd , 4.30pm, Othello, 2017.
Iqbal Khan’s astonishing and ground-breaking production featuring Hugh Quarshie in the title role and Lucian Msamati as Iago.

~ Friday Nov 4 th , 4.30pm, The Tempest, 2017.
Simon Russell Beale as Prospero, directed by Gregory Doran, using today’s most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s magical farewell to the theatre

~ Saturday Nov 5 th , 3.00pm, King Lear, 2016,
Antony Sher stars in Gregory Doran’s brilliant production. Depicting a once-great ruler’s descent into madness, King Lear is one of the most powerful tragedies ever staged.

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