House of Cards: An Elizabethan Drama
House of Cards a Netflix Original Series Based on the BBC miniseries, House of Cards Executive produced by David Fincher Starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara reviewed by John Murphy Kevin Spacey has recently come off a triumphant run as Richard III at the Old Vic. What better dress rehearsal for Francis Underwood (F.U.), [...]
Coriolanus (2011) Trailer
The long-awaited film adaptation of Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, is due out in December. The cast looks fabulous and includes the formidable Vanessa Redgrave as mother-from-hell Volumnia and the ubiquitously awesome Brian Cox as Coriolanus’ political mentor Menenius. Here’s the trailer:
Trailer: Julie Taymor’s The Tempest
Here is the official trailer of Julie Taymor’s new film of The Tempest, shot in Hawaii and featuring a terrific cast: Helen Mirren, Ben Whishaw, Chris Cooper, Djimon Hounsou, David Straithairn, Alfred Molina, Alan Cumming…looks gorgeous, but it’s been getting some mixed reviews since its featured openings at the recent Venice and New York Film [...]
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Branagh directing THOR movie
On first glance, it might sound odd to think that the director chosen for the upcoming slam-bang Thor movie, based on the Marvel Comics series, is Kenneth Branagh. But on further perusal it seems like a canny fit. Branagh, after all, occasionally inclines to the Wagnerian, as evidenced by certain over-the-top moments in Hamlet. He [...]
NPR on the forgeries of William Henry Ireland
National Public Radio has a lively feature on the strange career of young William Henry Ireland, who in 1795 perpetrated one of the most famous hoaxes in the history of Bardolatry by passing off some of his own poetry, and even an entire play (Vortigern) as newly unearthed works of You Know Who. And why [...]
Juvenile Offenders Sentenced to Shakespeare
Auden famously opined that “poetry makes nothing happen.” But maybe just maybe, sometimes, it can change lives…? In a Massachussetts program called “Shakespeare in the Courts” that has been running some ten years, juvenile offenders are given the option of participating in a live Shakespeare production as an alternative to sentencing to a correctional institution. [...]
