Saturday, March 13, 2010

Vidclips from Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost

First, here’s the trailer to Branagh’s LLL:
“When love speeks…” Branagh tap- and word-dances to the rhythm of iambic pentameter:

Vidclips from Hamlet (1948) starring and directed by Laurence Olivier

Here is a video clip of the “Get thee to a nunnery scene” (with Jean Simmons as Ophelia) from the 1948 Hamlet directed by and starring Laurence Olivier:
(Click here to read our review of this film)

BardVids from Ian McKellen's 1978 Macbeth

Here are a couple of wonderful vidclips from Trevor Nunn’s 1978 Macbeth, starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench. The video quality isn’t great, but it should give you an idea of what this wonderful production has to offer, starring two of the greatest actors of our time:
“It was the owl that shrieked…”
The Banquet Scene:
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Online Database of Shakespeare on Film, Video & TV

An item of great interest to Shakespeare-on-film buffs: The British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) is developing an international database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio.
Here’s their initial write-up:
In 2005 the BUFVC, through its association with theĀ Open University, was the recipient of a three-year Resource Enhancement grant from theĀ Arts & Humanities Research Council, [...]

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