Bbc shakespeare biography dvd reviews
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Will Shakespeare
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The second incident, Alms seize Oblivion, tries to predict together a louche Peer of Southampton (Nicolas Clay), the plundering wrought emergency the scourge and interpretation development rigidity Richard III.
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius, BBC Two review - the Bard's soul bared in hybrid drama-documentary
Well, the fact that there is nothing old to be said about him (very little is known about the life of the glover’s son from Stratford) means that there’s always something new, as the evidence to gainsay any claim is minimal. Tedious conspiracy theories aside, it’s the kind of paradox the man himself might have appreciated.
That’s the jumping off point for 72 Films’ lavish production for BBC Arts, a three-hour series that sits somewhere between the "clips and talking heads" format (Friday night, Channel Five, Jimmy Carr) and the drama-documentary genre. Combining the two, and ensuring that both the heads that talk and the dramatisation production values are top quality, ensures an award-winning trajectory for the show. The dirt and the grime of plague-ridden London has never been rendered in such glossy cinematography, teeming with authentically costumed hoi polloi, and the CVs of the interviewees can barely be bettered.
The central conceit of Julian Jones’s proposition is that we can fill in the gaps in Shakespeare’s life story by extrapolating from what was on his mind as revealed in his contemporaneous works. Some such speculations have the ring of plausibility about them:
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"Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! There isn't a thing I would have changed about Macbeth on BBC1 on Monday evening. I was on the edge of my seat for the full 90 minutes. What clever writers and stunning actors. Congratulations on taking a fantastic work of art, recreating it and not spoiling a thing."
Rachel, Bedford
"Well done to the BBC. This version of Macbeth actually kept me interested in what would happen, rather than the boring original version I was taught at school.
| "Ella deserved to die for putting the blame on the innocent Yugoslavians who hadn't done anything." |
In this version it explained why Ella was like she was, because she was grieving for her child that she lost. In a way I felt sorry for her, but I was glad she killed herself - she deserved to die for putting the blame on the innocent Yugoslavians who hadn't done anything."
Ruth, West Yorks
"What a dark drama! The contrast between shadows and the stark lights of the kitchen were a worthy reflection of the darkness surrounding Macbeth. I feel that there was not enough of Peter Macduff (played by the wonderful Richard Armitage) in this drama - he should h