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This summer, you can experience Shakespeare as if you were really at the Globe. Four plays, captured during our 2010 ‘Kings and Rogues’ will feature in this year’s cinema series, distributed by Arts Alliance Media (in association with NCM Fathom in the USA). Read the full press release here.
For information on the cinema series in the UK, New Zealand and the Netherlands, please visit our Shakespeare's Globe on Screen page.
For more information on the cinema series in the USA, including listings and links to purchase tickets, please visit NCM Fathom’s Globe Series page.
More information, and cinema listings, for the rest of the world will be available shortly.
The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Christopher Luscombe, was a huge hit at the Globe in 2008 and again in 2010, going on to become an internationally successful tour. Featuring Christopher Benjamin as Shakespeare’s wily rogue Falstaff, with Serena Evans and Sarah Woodward as the two merry wives, Shakespeare’s brilliantly constructed farce – often described as the forerunner to today’s sitcoms – bursts with colour and humour in this delightful production.
Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, performed at the Globe for the first time in 2010, continue the ‘Kings and Rogues’ cinema series. Featuring an Olivier Award winning performance from Roger Allam as Falstaff alongside Jamie Parker as Prince Hal, the two parts of Henry IV are widely considered to be Shakespeare’s masterpieces. Part 1 combines compelling power politics with the hilarious antics of Falstaff – Shakespeare’s greatest comic creation – with part 2 including some of the greatest dramatic moments in Shakespeare’s writing. These two plays mark a turning point in Shakespeare’s career, revealing new depths of storytelling and realism, and portraying a glorious, epic landscape of Britain.
The season concludes with a rare opportunity to see Henry VIII, famous in its own day as Shakespeare’s most sumptuous and spectacular play, and infrequently performed today. A performance of Henry VIII on 29 June 1613 was responsible for burning down the original Globe Theatre. This new 2010 production, directed by Mark Rosenblatt and featuring Dominic Rowan, Miranda Raison and Anthony Howell, is a gorgeous pageant of masques and royal ceremony.
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In 2009, Shakespeare’s Globe formed a partnership with Opus Arte to film, screen and distribute performances of Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It and Love’s Labour’s Lost from the Globe’s 2009 Theatre Season. These are now available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Globe Shop
A box set of all three plays is also available.
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