The 10 best shakespeare globe 2018
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1. Globe 400Th Anniversary Edition [Various] [OPUS ARTE: DVD] [NTSC]
Description
This collection brings together 20 productions from 2009 to 2014 during the artistic directorship of Dominic Dromgoole. Featuring the finest actors and leading directors, it is part of a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage. In it there is dazzling poetry, romance, epic power struggles, human tragedy, and ingenious and raucous comedy. Filmed in stunning HD, these films 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. Here is an invitation to stand with kings in battle, to fall in love, to witness the brutal machinations of politics, and to laugh with rogues.Works: Romeo and Juliet;As You Like It; Loves Labours Lost; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry VIII; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Alls Well That Ends Well; Much Ado About Nothing; Henry V; Twelfth Night; The Taming of the Shrew; The Tempest; Macbeth; A Midsummer Nights Dream; Titus Andronicus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; The Comedy of Errors; Doctor Faustus (Marlowe)
Press Reviews
"... it is difficult to imagine that Twelfth Night could be performed more effectively than it currently is at the Globe theatre ..." (The Guardian)
"Shakespeare's Globe has got in with the first of two Much Ado productions and raises the bar high with an exuberant production." (The Daily Telegraph)
"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." (The Daily Telegraph)
"Eve Best's directorial debut is a cracking at times, terrifying production of Macbeth." (The Daily Telegraph)
"Henry IV is the Shakespeare play that's perfectly suited to the Globe." (The Guardian)
Cast
Stephen Fry (Malvolio (Twelfth Night))
Mark Rylance (Olivia (Twelfth Night))
Roger Allam (Falstaff (Henry IV); Prospero (The Tempest))
Jamie Parker (Hal (Herny IV); Henry V; Oliver (As you like it))
Samantha Spiro (Katherina (The Taming of the Shrew); Lady Macbeth)
Catherine Bailey (Portia (Julius Caesar))
Eve Best (Beatrice (Much ado about nothing); Cleopatra)
Jessie Buckley (Miranda (The Tempest))
Catalogue Number: OA1209BD
Running Time: 3222 minutes
Sound: Dolby Stereo & Dolby Surround (Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry VIII, Henry IV part 1 & 2, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Anthony & Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors) / Dolby Stereo & DTS Surround (All's Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, Doctor Faustus) / LPCM & DTS Surround (Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost, Henry V)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN (Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Anthony & Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors) / EN, GE (Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry VIII, Henry IV part 1 & 2, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Schrew, All's Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Doctor Faustus) / EN, FR, GE (The Tempest, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream)
Label: Opus Arte
2. William Shakespeare & the Globe (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
Description
From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeares celebrated works have touched people around the world.
Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeares world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater.
Ages 8+
3. Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (Globe On Screen)
Description
Live performance of Shakespeare's disputed comedy recorded at the Globe Theatre in London. Vienna is a hovel for brothels and promiscuous behaviour. The Duke (Dominic Rowan), reluctant to wield his power to clean up the city leaves, transferring the responsibility to his deputy, Angelo (Kurt Egyiawan). Angelo soon starts implementing harsh and radical changes. Young Claudio (Joel MacCormack) finds himself afoul of an ancient law when he gets his love Juliet (Naana Agyei-Ampadu) pregnant. Angelo sentences him to death for his crime of fornicating out of wedlock. Claudio's friends Lucio (Brendan O'Hea) and Froth (Dennis Herdman) meet with Claudio's sister Isabella (Mariah Gale) and plead with her to change Angelo's mind. Thus begins a plot of intrigue and mistaken identity.4. Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (Globe On Screen)
Description
Jonathan Pryce stars in this production of Shakespeare's play, recorded at the reconstructed Globe Theatre in 2015. Set in 16th-century Venice, the story follows merchant Antonio (Dominic Mafham) who fails to repay his loan to Jewish moneylender Shylock (Pryce) and is forced to give up his forfeit - a pound of his flesh.5. Shakespeare's Globe: An Interactive Pop-up Theatre
Description
Come actors, playwrights, and groundlings to Shakespeare's Globe to brush up on history and perform some famous scenes from the Bard's greatest plays. Break a leg!Welcome to the Globe, the greatest theater in the world! The year is 1612, and leading Shakespearean actor Richard Burbage is conducting a backstage tour of everything from the pit below the stage to the grand ceiling painted to resemble the heavens. Take a peek inside this marvelous miniature theater to find:
A 3-D pop-up model of the Globe Theatre
A book of fascinating inside facts on the theater's history, design, and legendary performances
10 sheets containing a total of 20 press-out, standup characters
Two booklets one for you and one for a friend featuring popular scenes from 12 Shakespearean plays, including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, AS YOU LIKE IT, and more
In SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE approved by the Globe Theatre itself you'll find everything you need to stage your own performances of the most memorable scenes in theater history.
6. William Shakespeare's King Richard II
7. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Restored
Feature
Celebrate Shakespeare's work in the original setting and open air acoustics for which he wrote his greatest plays. Witness this historically significant production of Much Ado About Nothing, the first recorded Elizabethan production on the newly rebuilt Globe stage in London. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Restored video documents eighteen months of planning, rehearsal, location work, and post-production by the University of California at Berkeley Shakespeare Program, culminating in the performancEducation, Language & Literature
The Shakespeare Series
Drama & Literature
Shakespeare
Description
Celebrate Shakespeare's work in the original setting and open air acoustics for which he wrote his greatest plays. Witness this historically significant production of Much Ado About Nothing, the first recorded Elizabethan production on the newly rebuilt Globe stage in London. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Restored video documents eighteen months of planning, rehearsal, location work, and post-production by the University of California at Berkeley Shakespeare Program, culminating in the performance of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Visit the fully operational restored Globe Theatre on the Bankside of the river Thames, near its original site and experience how the reconstructed Elizabethan Theatre provides a venue for teaching and studying Shakespeare's plays in the ultimate authentic performance setting.When sold by Amazon.com, this product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
8. The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare: The Complete Works Annotated
Description
2364 pages of excellent text, filled with great illustrations. The ultimate Shakespeare collection.9. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Restored
10. Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
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