news, views and reviews of Shakespeare on film (and in the Pacific Northwest)
Posted in As You Like It, Branagh, Directors on Jan 10th, 2008
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, David Oyelowo, Kevin Kline, Alfred Molina, Adrian Lester
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.”
The varied career of Kenneth Branagh is a combination of the latter two qualities, I think. He achieved greatness early, taking on the title role of [...]
Posted in Bard Northwest, Midsummer, NWCTC on Sep 28th, 2007
Northwest Classical Theater Company
Directed by Glenn Scofield Williams
It’s hard not to like this company. Like the troupe of amateur players that perform the “woeful” tale of Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Northwest Classical Theater Company (NWCTC) has a “let’s put on a show!” energy and enthusiasm that is beguiling. Fortunately, their [...]
Posted in Bard Northwest, Midsummer, NWCTC, the Bard on stage on Sep 8th, 2007
There’s a lot of kissing & trickery coming to the Shoe Box Theatre as the critically-acclaimed Northwest Classical Theatre Company presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream. War has broken out between the sexes and it’ll take more than a little mischief to set things right again!
NWCTC Artistic Director Grant Turner plays Robin Goodfellow, with Portland veterans [...]
Posted in As You Like It, Bard Northwest, OSF, the Bard on stage on Jul 25th, 2007
Directed by J.R. Sullivan
reviewed by John Murphy
[Note: this is the first of four reviews of the OSF's 2007 Shakespeare productions. We'll also be posting about our lovely afternoon chat with OSF dramaturgs Lue Douthit, David Copelin and Allison Horsley.]
Ah, just As You Like It. The Bard’s perennial crowd-pleaser comes to vivid, exuberant life in [...]
Posted in As You Like It, Branagh, Comedies on May 17th, 2007
The trailer for Ken Branagh’s HBO production of Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like it is now available as a Quicktime download.
Looks like fun, ninjas and all…not to mention, Adrian Lester, Alfred Molina, Kevin Kline…ah, me!
Click here to see the trailer.
(Oh, but P.S…at the very moment I write this, my younger daughter is on stage as [...]
Shakespeare's Othello meets Spenser's Faerie Queene in this new and provocative mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee.
This is the story of James Ireton, a gifted young Shakespeare scholar haunted by a tragic past and recurring nightmares of a Knight, a Lady and a vicious Dragon. James thinks they’re just dreams, but when two people close to him fall victim in a seemingly motive-less series of brutal murders, James discovers there may be a very real Dragon preying in the shadows of his life. Worse, if he doesn’t find a bit of St. George in himself, the woman he loves may prove the Dragon’s ultimate victim.