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March 2020 saw the UK enter into a nationwide lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. [15] British theatre closures were announced on March 16. [16] Robert Myles, an actor and Shakespeare aficionado [17] who found himself out of work, created The Show Must Go Online in less than a week, [18] in response to the widespread cancellation of jobs and contracts faced by theatrical industry ...
An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), produced and broadcast in Britain by the BBC in 1960.
The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare ' s plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of November 2023 [update] , the Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,800 films, including those under production but ...
The Hollow Crown is a series of British television film adaptations of William Shakespeare's history plays.. The first series is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V, [1] starring Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston.
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned seven seasons and thirty-seven episodes.
This is a list of plays other than those written by William Shakespeare (covered by the above section) that have been adapted into feature films.The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film's director.
Hamlet is a 2009 television film adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 modern-dress stage production of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, aired on BBC Two on 26 December 2009. It was broadcast by PBS ' Great Performances in the United States on 28 April 2010.
Hamlet at Elsinore is a 1964 television version of the c. 1600 play by William Shakespeare. Produced by the BBC in association with Danmarks Radio, it was shown in the U.S. on NET. Winning wide acclaim both for its performances and for being shot entirely at Helsingør (Elsinore in English), in