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Shakespeare: Tragedies
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo (Romeo & Juliet)); Ellie Kendrick (Juliet (Romeo & Juliet)); Paul Hilton (Faustus (Doctor Faustus)); Arthur Darvill (Mephistopheles (Doctor Faustus)); Joseph Millson (Macbeth (Macbeth)); Samantha Spiro (Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)); George Irving (Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar)); William Houston (Titus Andronicus (Titus Anronicus)); Clive Wood (Antony (Antony and Cleopatra)); Eve Best (Cleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra))
This collection brings together Globe Theatre productions dating from 2009 to 2014 – during the artistic directorship of Dominic Dromgoole – of five of Shakespeare’s most admired Tragedies along with Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Born the same year as Shakespeare, Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day and before his untimely death was a great influence on the Bard. Featuring the finest actors and leading directors, this set is part of a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage.
The films in this set capture the unique atmosphere and theatrical space of the Globe Theatre. The exhilarating sense of interaction between the actors on stage and the audience in live performances is exquisitely maintained on screen.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/05/2017
Sound Formats: Dolby Stereo/Dolby Surround (Macbeth, Titus, JC, AandC); Dolby Stereo/DTS Surround (Faustus); LPCM/DTS Surround (R&J)
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN (R&J, Titus, JC, AandC); EN, DE (Faustus); EN, FR, DE (Macbeth)
Catalogue Number: OA1251BD
Artist(s):
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Paul Hilton; Arthur Darvill; Joseph Millson; Samantha Spiro; George Irving; William Houston; Clive Wood; Eve Best
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Paul Hilton; Arthur Darvill; Joseph Millson; Samantha Spiro; George Irving; William Houston; Clive Wood; Eve Best
"Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love... The production's secret weapon is Ellie Kendrick...delivers the jewelled verse with a lovely purity and directness. I particularly admired Rawiri Paratene's impassioned Friar Lawrence, Ian Redford as a Capulet, and Tom Stuart's hilarious performance as a socially inept Count Paris." (The Daily Telegraph - Romeo & Juliet)
"Eve Best's directorial debut is a cracking – at times, terrifying – production of Macbeth." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Dromgoole's taut, thriller-ish production" (Time Out - Julius Caesar ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ... Exceptional." (The Independent - Titus Andronicus ★★★★)
""Is this well done?" a character asks at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy. I'd say that Jonathan Munby's production is, on the whole, extremely well done. It captures the play's cinematic rhythm as one scene dissolves into the next, and also its dreamlike quality ..." (The Guardian - Antony & Cleopatra ★★★★)
"A triumph of spine-tingling spectacle. Director Matthew Dunster conjures in a way that would delight the Prince of
Darkness himself." (The Spectator - Doctor Faustus)
"Eve Best's directorial debut is a cracking – at times, terrifying – production of Macbeth." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Dromgoole's taut, thriller-ish production" (Time Out - Julius Caesar ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ... Exceptional." (The Independent - Titus Andronicus ★★★★)
""Is this well done?" a character asks at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy. I'd say that Jonathan Munby's production is, on the whole, extremely well done. It captures the play's cinematic rhythm as one scene dissolves into the next, and also its dreamlike quality ..." (The Guardian - Antony & Cleopatra ★★★★)
"A triumph of spine-tingling spectacle. Director Matthew Dunster conjures in a way that would delight the Prince of
Darkness himself." (The Spectator - Doctor Faustus)
Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo (Romeo & Juliet)); Ellie Kendrick (Juliet (Romeo & Juliet)); Paul Hilton (Faustus (Doctor Faustus)); Arthur Darvill (Mephistopheles (Doctor Faustus)); Joseph Millson (Macbeth (Macbeth)); Samantha Spiro (Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)); George Irving (Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar)); William Houston (Titus Andronicus (Titus Anronicus)); Clive Wood (Antony (Antony and Cleopatra)); Eve Best (Cleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra))
This collection brings together Globe Theatre productions dating from 2009 to 2014 – during the artistic directorship of Dominic Dromgoole – of five of Shakespeare’s most admired Tragedies along with Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Born the same year as Shakespeare, Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day and before his untimely death was a great influence on the Bard. Featuring the finest actors and leading directors, this set is part of a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage.
The films in this set capture the unique atmosphere and theatrical space of the Globe Theatre. The exhilarating sense of interaction between the actors on stage and the audience in live performances is exquisitely maintained on screen.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/05/2017
Sound Formats: Dolby Stereo/Dolby Surround (Macbeth, Titus, JC, AandC); Dolby Stereo/DTS Surround (Faustus); LPCM/DTS Surround (R&J)
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN (R&J, Titus, JC, AandC); EN, DE (Faustus); EN, FR, DE (Macbeth)
Catalogue Number: OA1251BD
Artist(s):
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Paul Hilton; Arthur Darvill; Joseph Millson; Samantha Spiro; George Irving; William Houston; Clive Wood; Eve Best
Adetomiwa Edun; Ellie Kendrick; Paul Hilton; Arthur Darvill; Joseph Millson; Samantha Spiro; George Irving; William Houston; Clive Wood; Eve Best
"Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love... The production's secret weapon is Ellie Kendrick...delivers the jewelled verse with a lovely purity and directness. I particularly admired Rawiri Paratene's impassioned Friar Lawrence, Ian Redford as a Capulet, and Tom Stuart's hilarious performance as a socially inept Count Paris." (The Daily Telegraph - Romeo & Juliet)
"Eve Best's directorial debut is a cracking – at times, terrifying – production of Macbeth." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Dromgoole's taut, thriller-ish production" (Time Out - Julius Caesar ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ... Exceptional." (The Independent - Titus Andronicus ★★★★)
""Is this well done?" a character asks at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy. I'd say that Jonathan Munby's production is, on the whole, extremely well done. It captures the play's cinematic rhythm as one scene dissolves into the next, and also its dreamlike quality ..." (The Guardian - Antony & Cleopatra ★★★★)
"A triumph of spine-tingling spectacle. Director Matthew Dunster conjures in a way that would delight the Prince of
Darkness himself." (The Spectator - Doctor Faustus)
"Eve Best's directorial debut is a cracking – at times, terrifying – production of Macbeth." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★)
"Dromgoole's taut, thriller-ish production" (Time Out - Julius Caesar ★★★★)
"Shakespeare rarely feels so speedily urgent ... Exceptional." (The Independent - Titus Andronicus ★★★★)
""Is this well done?" a character asks at the end of Shakespeare's tragedy. I'd say that Jonathan Munby's production is, on the whole, extremely well done. It captures the play's cinematic rhythm as one scene dissolves into the next, and also its dreamlike quality ..." (The Guardian - Antony & Cleopatra ★★★★)
"A triumph of spine-tingling spectacle. Director Matthew Dunster conjures in a way that would delight the Prince of
Darkness himself." (The Spectator - Doctor Faustus)
