Richard III (1956) directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
January 21, 2010 by John Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Richard III, Richard III film reviews
© 2005 John Murphy
Many excellent actors have tackled that “foul lump of deformity,” the hunchbacked Duke of Gloucester, a.k.a. Richard III. Among them such acting greats as Ian Mckellen and Al Pacino. Say “Richard the Third,” though, and I immediately think of a human spider with hooded eyes, a pageboy haircut, sharp nose, and halting [...]
Hamlet (1948) directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
January 20, 2010 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Hamlet, Hamlet film reviews, Laurence Olivier
© 2007 John Murphy
O’erstepping the Modesty of Nature
“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o’erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as ’twere, [...]
Hamlet (BBC, 1980), starring Derek Jacobi, directed by Jonathan Miller
March 4, 2009 by Debra Murphy
Filed under BBC Shakespeare series (ca. 1980), Bardfilm, Claire Bloom, Derek Jacobi, Eric Porter, Hamlet, Hamlet film reviews, Jonathan Miller, Patrick Stewart, Tragedies
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