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If you’ve been enjoying the Henry VI and Richard III Hollow Crown dramas with Benedict Cumberbatch et al on the BBC, you may be glad to hear that the Corporation is considering taking on Shakespeare’s Roman plays for the next batch of the Bard. Discussions...
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Sleek and savage as a raven in sheeny blue-black robes, Benedict Cumberbatch is surrounded by a force-field of concentration; you can practically hear the crackle of synapses as he prepares to go on set as Shakespeare’s Richard III. A few feet away, Judi...
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The BBC has assembled a seriously star-studded cast for its second cycle of Hollow Crown films. From Hugh Bonneville to Michael Gambon – and later in the series, Benedict Cumberbatch and Judi Dench – British acting royalty are out in force to bring to...
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The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses Spring/Summer 2016. Following the international critical success of the four-part miniseries The Hollow Crown in 2013, The Wars of the Roses continues the epic cycle of Shakespeare’s History Plays in three new...
Read moreWilliam Shakespeare is probably the greatest playwright ever. Seriously. From the heartbreak of his tragedies to the hilarity of his comedies, that man did it all. He broke your heart in Macbeth, and then made you cackle in Much Ado About Nothing. He...
Read moreExcerpts The story: Career chef Joe Macbeth is passionate about food. He runs Duncan Docherty's kitchen, famed for down-to-earth meat dishes that have made Docherty's restaurant famous. His kitchen crew love him, but they always remember that he's the...
Read moreSilk and Shameless star Maxine Peake has been cast as the lovelorn fairy queen Titania in Russell T Davies’ reworking of Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. She will be joined by Sliding Doors and Rebus star John Hannah who takes...
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No offence, George RR Martin but Shakespeare is even more famous than you are. Yet on screen the two writers' work looks a lot more similar than it might have done on paper (or parchment, in the Bard's case.) The first-look at the new Macbeth adaptation,...
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