Archive - ShakespeareFlix

LAURENCE OLIVIER'S FREUDIAN HAMLET

An Indecisive Procrastinator with Mommy Issues

Dec 11, 2023 •

November 2023

THE FIRST SOLILOQUY IN IAN MCKELLEN'S RICHARD III

Ian McKellen begins his 1995 film of Richard III with the Lancasters' defeat and the murder of Prince Edward and his father Henry VI.

Nov 14, 2023 •

August 2023

Laurence Olivier Cranks Up the Drama of Literature's Greatest Seduction Scene

The pickup artists in Neil Strauss'sThe Game aren't a patch on Shakespeare's Richard III.

Aug 10, 2023 •

The First Soliloquy in Laurence Olivier's Richard III

Jane Shore's presence in the busy opening scenes of Olivier's Richard III gives us a sense of King Edward's vulnerability—the next scene shows us his…

Aug 3, 2023 •

July 2023

Laurence Olivier's Richard III: Titles and Opening Scenes

David Garrick's Heir

Jul 25, 2023 •

June 2023

George Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream

In the second act of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, fairies dance and sing a lullaby to their queen.

Jun 22, 2023 •

May 2023

April 2023

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