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LAURENCE OLIVIER'S FREUDIAN HAMLET
An Indecisive Procrastinator with Mommy Issues
Dec 11, 2023
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Robert Viking
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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. After an opening…
Nov 14, 2023
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Robert Viking
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THE FIRST SOLILOQUY IN IAN MCKELLEN'S RICHARD III
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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. In the play's second scene, which takes place at the funeral…
Aug 10, 2023
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Robert Viking
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Laurence Olivier Cranks Up the Drama of Literature's Greatest Seduction Scene
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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
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The First Soliloquy in Laurence Olivier's Richard III
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July 2023
Laurence Olivier's Richard III: Titles and Opening Scenes
David Garrick's Heir Laurence Olivier opens his 1955 Richard III with stirring tympani and trumpets and titles reading "Laurence Olivier Presents…
Jul 25, 2023
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Laurence Olivier's Richard III: Titles and Opening Scenes
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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. In the third act, Bottom, his head…
Jun 22, 2023
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George Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream
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May 2023
The First Shakespeare Movie in Context
With random fun facts about Dracula and a poisoned-rat-infested skull
May 30, 2023
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Robert Viking
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The First Shakespeare Movie in Context
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Todd Luiso's Version of Tom Stoppard's Version of Shakespeare's Play
May 17, 2023
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
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American Vitagraph, Shakespeare Movie Pioneers
This story, which you find on Wikipedia and elsewhere, isn't true: in 1896 the vaudeville performer, cartoonist, illustrator, and reporter J. Stuart…
May 9, 2023
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American Vitagraph, Shakespeare Movie Pioneers
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April 2023
Shakespeare-Movie Soliloquies and Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight
Welcome Bardophiles, Cinephiles, and Bibliophiles I’ll be writing here about a few of my obsessions: Shakespeare, movies, history, and fiction (both…
Apr 26, 2023
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Shakespeare-Movie Soliloquies and Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight
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Is April 23 Shakespeare's Birthday?
Why I Doubt It
Apr 21, 2023
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Is April 23 Shakespeare's Birthday?
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Macbeth and Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood
Many directors of Shakespeare films have not been great film innovators and stylists—they've been stage directors with a deep understanding of the…
Apr 21, 2023
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Macbeth and Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood
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