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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Trans actors: 'Why can't you just represent me as a person?' " video by Jenny Kleeman, Laurence Topham and Dan Susman

Record numbers of people in Britain now see themselves as transgender. But does the way transgender people are represented on stage and on screen reflect reality? Jenny Kleeman meets trans a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Zawe Ashton as Jaques in As You Like It: 'All the world's a stage' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques's lines on the seven ages of man from Ac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Paterson Joseph as Shylock: 'You call me misbeliever' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock's lines from The Merchant of Venice…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AM[SHARE]

Zawe Ashton as Jacques in As You Like It: 'All the world's a stage' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jacques's lines on the seven ages of man from A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony's lines from act III, scene 2 of Juli…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Laura Carmichael as Portia: 'The quality of mercy' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Laura Carmichael speaks Portia's lines from The Merchant of Venice…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Riz Ahmed as Edmund in King Lear: 'Now, gods, stand up for bastards' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund's soliloquy from the start of Act I, Scene…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 29, 2016

Camille O'Sullivan as Constance in King John: 'Thou art not holy' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Camille O'Sullivan plays Constance in King John, Act III, Scene 4.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Joanna Lumley as Viola in Twelfth Night: 'I left no ring with her' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Lumley speaks Viola's soliloquy from Twelfth Night, Act II,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Sacha Dhawan as Shakespeare's Parolles: 'Are you meditating on virginity?' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Sacha Dhawan delivers an edited version of Parolles's lines from t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

David Threlfall as Prospero in The Tempest: 'Our revels now are ended' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Threlfall speaks Prospero's lines from The Tempest, Act IV, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Daniel Mays as Macbeth: 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth's lines from Act II, Scene 1. As Macbet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Samuel West as Henry V: 'Upon the king' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Samuel West speaks Henry V's soliloquy from Act IV, Scene 1. On th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 1, 2016

Joanna Vanderham as Juliet: 'The mask of night is on my face' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Vanderham speaks Juliet's monologue from the balcony scene …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM[SHARE]

Eileen Atkins as Emilia in Othello: 'If wives do fall' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Eileen Atkins speaks Emilia's lines from Othello, act IV scene 3. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM[SHARE]

David Morrissey as Richard III: 'Now is the winter of our discontent' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Morrissey speaks the opening lines from Richard III in which…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM[SHARE]

Roger Allam as King Lear: 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Emma John, Liese Spencer and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Roger Allam plays King Lear in act III, scene 2 of the tragedy. Le…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 29, 2016

Coming soon: Adrian Lester, Roger Allam and Joanna Lumley star in Shakespeare Solos " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Chris Wiegand, Emma John and Liese Spencer

Adrian Lester as Hamlet, David Morrissey as Richard III, Joanna Lumley as Viola, Daniel Mays as Macbeth … To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody reinterpreted for 40th anniversary " video by Jess Gormley, Dan Susman and Juliet Riddell

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was the UK's Christmas number 1 in 1975. Forty years later, the song is reinterpreted by a duet from the English National Ballet, a string quartet from the Royal Ac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AM[SHARE]
Monday, June 1, 2015

Nas presents the Real Hip-Hop " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Juliet Riddell, Adam Sjoberg, Charlie Phillips and Bond 360

Rapper Nasir 'Nas' Jones takes us on a world tour of breakdancing in the most unexpected places, as we visit the slums, shanty towns and ghettos of the world, where hip-hop really means some…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:20AM[SHARE]

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