Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY
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Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY
Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Simpson, Antony Sher, Kelly Williams, Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham, etc
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 28 November 2016
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PG Violence
Three of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies are presented here as a 3 disc set.
Rising star Paapa Essiedu gives a stunning performance in Simon Godwin's riveting contemporary take on Hamlet ; Antony Sher leads the way as the proud but fatally flawed monarch in RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran's acclaimed King Lear ; completing the collection is Iqbal Khan's astonishing and groundbreaking production of Othello, featuring Hugh Quarshie in the title role and Lucian Msamati as Iago.
Subtitles: EN
Running times: 9 hours 50 minutes approximately.
"... the percussive music of Sola Akingbola makes a vital contribution to a production that makes you feel, even if you are seeing Hamlet for the 50th time, that you are experiencing it anew." (The Guardian ★★★★ Hamlet)
"Iqbal Khan's gripping production has already made history by being the first at Stratford to cast a black actor as Iago. But I had not anticipated how many fascinating ideas such an imaginative piece of casting would provoke. For a start, it reinforces the historic bond between Othello and Iago, and helps to explain the trust the former places in his ensign." The Guardian on Othello
"Antony Sher played a memorable Fool - a red-nosed music hall clown with battered bowler and miniature violin - to Michael Gambon's Lear at the RSC in 1982. Now, many leading roles later, he returns to the tragedy as the main guy in a production by Gregory Doran that unfolds with great clarity and confidence and boldness of gesture. The production is packed with very good performances." The Independent on King Lear
