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Review

Grand Theft Hamlet review – all the world’s a stage

by Marina Ashioti

A pro­duc­tion of Shakespeare’s Ham­let in online world of Grand Theft Auto became these two actors’ answer to the pandemic’s enforced lockdowns.

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In Retrospect
A smiling man in a black coat gestures as he walks up a set of stone steps, with other people seated on the steps behind him.
In Praise Of

How 10 Things I Hate About You made Shakespeare hot property

by Nadira Begum

25 years ago, Gil Junger’s spiky teen romance rein­vent­ed The Tam­ing of the Shrew – and made Shake­speare cool again.
A young woman with long, red hair wearing a blue patterned dress sits amidst a field of flowers.
Review

Ophelia

by Maria Nae

Daisy Rid­ley stars in this bold but ulti­mate­ly con­fused melo­dra­mat­ic update of Shakespeare’s ​‘Ham­let’.

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Incoming

Timothée Chalamet ascends in the first trailer for The King

by Charles Bramesco

He stars with Joel Edger­ton and Robert Pat­tin­son in David Michôd’s epic take on Shakespeare.
A middle-aged man with long hair wearing a black robe stands at a wooden podium, with a group of people in robes seated behind him in a dimly lit, ornate room.
Review

All Is True

by Caitlin Quinlan

Ken­neth Branagh directs and stars in this famil­iar and rather sil­ly William Shake­speare biopic.

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Short Stuff

Take an exclusive look at Isle Full of Noises, narrated by David Oyelowo

by Emily Bray

The British actor reads Shake­speare in this drone-lit dra­mat­ic short by Jamie Whitby.
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In Praise Of

How Romeo + Juliet mastered the Shakespeare adaptation

by Tom Bond

Twen­ty years ago Baz Luhrmann put a vital con­tem­po­rary spin on this time­less roman­tic epic.
Two young people passionately embracing in a romantic outdoor setting.
Review

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

by Alex Chambers

Fran­co Zeffirelli’s tra­di­tion­al retelling of the most famous love sto­ry ever told is one for Shake­speare com­pletists only.

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