Trailer for film of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard
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<3 and h8: Emoji-speak versions of Shakespeare published
By Christopher Hooton for the Independent, 12 June Shakespeare can be a little challenging as a teenager but that’s part of the joy of-NEVER MIND there’s a TL;DR version now! Penguin has launched an OMG Shakespeare series that reimagines his most famous plays in the digital age, with titles including Macbeth #killingit A Midsummer Night #NoFilter and YOLO Juliet. The plays, retold by Courtney Carbone and Brett Wright, […]
Macbeth trailer: Michael Fassbender does not disappoint in first look at Shakespeare remake
By Daisy Wyatt for the Independent, 4 June 2015 The first anticipated trailer for Macbeth has been released, showing Michael Fassbender as one of Shakespeare’s most bloodthirsty tragic heroes. Directed by Justin Kurzel, the long-awaited film stars Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose, Rust and Bone) as a beautiful but icy Lady Macbeth. The dramatic trailer shows Fassbender covered in blood in scenes narrated in a Scottish […]
Shakespeare revolutionised at Tasmanian College of the Arts
University of Tasmania article, 28 April 2015 Taking crucial scenes from five of Shakespeare’s most brutal plays and sewing them into one cohesive storyline, CROWNS focuses on the tragedy that is the human condition and its lust for power. Greed and ambition are the major themes of this piece, set in an abstracted industrial zone, with all the characters weaving a complex tale […]
The influence of Lady Macbeth in House of Cards
By Ben Pomeroy for The Week, 14 April 2015 In the works of William Shakespeare, destiny, betrayal, and murder are all but required for any successful rise to power. That treacherous triad is also on full display in Netflix’s addictive political drama House of Cards. The first two seasons made Frank Underwood’s Shakespearean influence quite plain. But the third season gives us […]
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