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In a year full of celebrations commemorating the 400 year anniversary of Shakespeares death, Globe On Screen brings you three thrilling productions from the worlds most famous stage to a cinema near you: Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice and Richard II
MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare
SUNDAY AUGUST 7 at 2:30
Directed by: Dominic Dromgoole Designer: Jonathan Fensom Composer: Claire van Kampen
Cast: Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Kurt Egyiawan, Trevor Fox, Mariah Gale, Dennis Herdman, Rosie Hilal, James Lailey, Joel MacCormack, Petra Massey, Dean Nolan, Brendan OHea, Paul Rider, Dominic Rowan, Dickon Tyrrell
The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.
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 law, begins a ruthless programme to stamp out sexual licence, in the course of which he condemns one Claudio to death. Surely Claudios virginal sister Isabella, a novice nun seeking mercy for her brother, could not awake the lust of this cold, censorious man?
Injustice, hypocrisy and the challenge of inflexible virtue combine in Measure for Measure, Shakespeares most searching exploration of sexual politics and social justice.
"Shakespeare without a safety net Its noisy, its earthy, its unruly Heres a corking good time, clear enough to make the play count, with a quite astonishing feat of acting at its heart." Variety
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare
SUNDAY AUGUST 28 at 1:00
Directed by: Jonathan Mundy Designer: Mike Britton Composer: Jules Maxwell Choreographer: Lucy Hind
Cast: Stefan Adegbola, Michael Bertenshaw, Philip Cox, Scott Karim, Ben Lamb, Daniel Lapaine, Christopher Logan, Dominic Mafham, Brian Martin, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Regé-Jean Page, Rachel Pickup, Jonathan Pryce, Phoebe Pryce, David Sturzaker
I will not hear thee speak; Ill have my bond.
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 and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonios ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his bond.
In some of his most highly-charged scenes, Shakespeare dramatises the competing claims of tolerance and intolerance, religious law and civil society, justice and mercy; while in the character of Shylock he created one of the most memorable outsiders in all theatre.
Double Olivier and Tony award winner Jonathan Pryce plays Shylock in his first appearance at Shakespeares Globe.
"Jonathan Pryce is electrifyingly good Jonathan Munbys production really sings."
Time Out
RICHARD II by William Shakespeare
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18 at 1:00
Directed by: Simon Godwin Designer: Paul Wills Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Cast: Thomas Ashdown, Oliver Boot, Graham Butler, William Chubb, Charles Edwards, Henry Everett, William Gaunt, Jonny Glynn, Greg Haiste, Angus Imrie, Richard Katz, Kate Malyon, Frederick Neilson, Anthony Pinnick, Ekow Quartey, Anneika Rose, David Sturzaker, Sasha Waddell, Arthur Wilson, Joshua Mason Wood, Sarah Woodward
Within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps death his court.
Ruling by divine right, but himself ruled by caprice, King Richard exiles Henry Bolingbroke and seizes his fathers vast estates. While Richard is distracted by a rebellion in Ireland, Bolingbroke returns to England, intent on recovering his rightful property and, with the support of his disgruntled peers, perhaps seizing the crown itself.
Dazzlingly eloquent and ceremonious, Richard II invests a weak and self-dramatising man with tragic status and represents Shakespeares most searching exploration of the meaning of kingship and the rising powers that can destroy it.
"Charles Edwardss excellent Richard pierces the heart. Recommended."
The Independent
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