Shakespeare Collection
Scenesaver is delighted to showcase the incredible variety of online performances of and about Shakespeare shared on Scenesaver.
From Zoom adaptations during lockdown, reinterpretations focusing on female characters, pre-pandemic full length performances filmed outdoors and a web-series of global proportions, the Bard continues to inspire creatives and new approaches.
MAƆBETH
Theatre Paradok presents: “MAƆBETH”. The sixth of nine productions in the “Paradok Platform” series. In this two woman reimagining, when Macbeth is led to believe he is destined to become King, his power-hungry partner, Lady Macbeth convinces him to murder. But ambition soon becomes riddled with paranoia and delusion when […]
DOING SHAKESPEARE
The Felching Players meet on Zoom to present their online digital Shakespeare festival to the world. Unfortunately, each actor has learned a different play but they carry on regardless, resulting in a befuddled performance of the Bard’s work. Shakespearean plays and thespian egos collide in this virtual comedy by David […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the UK’s premier all male theatre company, invite you to join them to celebrate their 15th year with Shakespeare’s enchanting comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” To honour Duke Theseus’ wedding, a group of rustic artisans – and would-be thespians – […]
Dear Shakespeare
A self written performance by Kate Boleyn on why Shakespeare has an impact on her, a letter to Shakespeare. A filmed rehearsal performance of what is to become a one woman show. Find out more: Kate Boleyn
Shakespeare Republic: Launce, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
PHOEBE ANNE TAYLOR as “LAUNCE” from THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA “I am the dog!” Isolation can do odd things to all of us, but if we have a companion, it can make all the difference … Filmed in isolation & directed via Zoom in real time during the COVID-19 […]
Walking Shadows Vol. 1: Luciana
EPISODE 1 – LUCIANA What do you do when being in close quarters with others for months on end has begun to shift the dynamics in the relationships around you and suddenly you are the subject of unexpected and inexplicable attention from a surprising quarter? Luciana is about to find […]
The Tempest
With a spirit of the supernatural, The Tempest is a story of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment set on a remote and mysterious desert island. With enchantments and treachery at every turn, will anyone ever make it off? Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company’s June 2014 production of The Tempest by William […]
King Lear
>>SUBTITLED VERSION AVAILABLE HERE Jo Emery Productions presents a modern, abridged adaptation of “KING LEAR” by William Shakespeare, originally performed as a live stream production from the Pump House Theatre Watford from 12th to 15th May 2021. Set in the Corporate world, Lear is the CEO dividing up his Property […]
William Shakespeare’s Henry V
(Created by actors working from home and performing over zoom. in June 2021. As the actors are using home equipment and some are based in rural areas with slower internet, image resolution may vary) Set in a lightly post-apocalyptic near-future, this production of Henry V is cast gender-blind. Download the […]
Romeo & Juliet: The Confessions
Ever fundamentally wondered why, considered what might also have happened, or thought . . . what really did take place in Verona? This is the story of Romeo & Juliet, the play written by William Shakespeare – but not as told by him. These are the confessions of The Friar, […]
PHEBE: ‘Think not I love him …’
A resident of Love Arden has a rant about her love/hate object.—from As You Like It >> Watch subtitled version Part of the ‘Shakespeare (she/her)’ digital project: 35 videos featuring Shakespeare’s women in contemporary contexts ‘… witty, arresting, poignant and powerful’—Dr Chris Laoutaris, Shakespeare Institute
Shakespeare Republic: Macbeth (Macbeth)
ROBERT MYLES as “MACBETH” from MACBETH – Filmed in isolation & directed in real time via Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 “There is none but he Whose being I do fear.” Meet Macbeth, a titan of industry, who, having reached the heights of power and acclaim via dubious […]
The Show Must Go Online – Romeo & Juliet
The Show Must Go Online was created by Rob Myles in less than a week in response to COVID-19. It brings together a global cast of all levels of experience to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been written. Romeo […]
The Travesty of Richard III
Join a cast of two as they cheerfully present a whole host of goodies and baddies in The Bard’s chilling tale of plots, prophecies and power. Prepare yourself for a great deal of lamenting, dissembling and beholding! Plus some more lamenting… Filmed by the two members of the cast, each […]
Shakespeare Republic: Rosalind (As You Like It)
JESSICA MARTIN as “ROSALIND” from AS YOU LIKE IT with guest actor FALON RYAN as “PHEBE” – Filmed in isolation & directed in real time via Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 “Who might be your mother?” Meet Rosalind, who, having been stood up on a Zoom date has […]
Iago
In the wake of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign, people from formerly under-represented groups have been elevated into positions of power and responsibility. Most of us accept that for too long, able bodied white men have had an unfair advantage but not everyone agrees with positive discrimination. Iago, an experienced […]
The Show Must Go Online – The Comedy of Errors
William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, The Comedy of Errors. The Show Must Go Online was created by Rob Myles in less than a week in response to COVID-19. It brings together a global cast to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been […]
The Show Must Go Online – Richard III
The Show Must Go Online was created by Rob Myles in less than a week in response to COVID-19. It brings together a global cast of all levels of experience to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been written. Richard […]
ARIEL: ‘I boarded the king’s ship’
A fantasy dance aboard SS Great Britain—from ‘The Tempest’ >> Watch with subtitles Part of Shakespeare (she/her), 35 videos featuring Shakespeare’s women in contemporary contexts. ‘… witty, arresting, poignant and powerful’—Dr Chris Laoutaris, Shakespeare Institute
Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will
This plays was produced at Edinburgh Fringe in August 2022 and received a ***** review from Arts Review Edinburgh. It tells the story of the women who feel they should have a share of William Shakespeare’s money. After Shakespeare’s death, Anne Hathaway is visited by two women with shocking revelations. […]
Shakespeare Republic: Titania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
SARAH PEACHEY as “TITANIA” from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Filmed in isolation & directed in real time via Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 “We are their parents and original” Meet Titania, who has discovered a new purpose in lockdown, despite her husband’s dismissal of her ideas, and […]
The Tempest
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the UK’s premier all male theatre company, invite you to join them for Shakespeare’s spellbinding masterpiece, The Tempest. “My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.” 12 years ago, Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his brother washes up on a distant […]
Shakespeare Republic: The Chorus, Henry V
MIGUEL PEREZ as “THE CHORUS” from HENRY V #AllTheWebsAStage “Oh, for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention. A kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” Meet “The Chorus” – at a time when our four walls are […]
The Show Must Go Online – Hamlet
The Show Must Go Online was created by Rob Myles in less than a week in response to COVID-19. It brings together a global cast of all levels of experience to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been written. The […]
SONNET 95: ‘How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame’
Urban peer pressure. >>Watch with subtitles Part of ‘Shakespeare (she/her)’, 35 videos featuring Shakespeare’s women in contemporary contexts. ‘… witty, arresting, poignant and powerful’—Dr Chris Laoutaris, Shakespeare Institute
SHAKESPEARE REPERTOIRE
This is possibly one of the few times that children as young as 8 have performed Shakespeare in the original Early modern English! The students have worked on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night.
Shakespeare in the Time of Plague
Shakespeare left no diaries, packet of letters or personal library behind that could provide insight into his thinking about his work, life, or times. Much of what little is known about him, has come from scholarly research into public records and obscure sources. We do know that he lived through […]
The Show Must Go Online – Titus Andronicus
The Show Must Go Online was created by Rob Myles in less than a week in response to COVID-19. It brings together a global cast of all levels of experience to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been written. Titus […]
A (Ukrainian) Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare. Translated by Maria Hrunicheva. Directed by Maria Hrunicheva. Produced by Natalia Sklyarska. Technical Direction by Alex Grey. Cast: Marta Biloshapka. Mike Ocean Bureviy. Anastasiya Kasilova. Slava Krasovska. Oleksandr Mykytenko. Alla Nesterova. Olena Tertychna. Serhii Zolochevskyi. Four young Athenians, two young lovers, and two unrequited loves. At the […]
NURSE: ‘Mistress! What, mistress!’
A nanny makes a shocking discovery—from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. >>Watch with subtitles Part of ‘Shakespeare (she/her)’, 35 videos featuring Shakespeare’s women in contemporary contexts. ‘… witty, arresting, poignant and powerful’—Dr Chris Laoutaris, Shakespeare Institute
Walking Shadows Vol 1: Shylock
EPISODE 2 – SHYLOCK As many of us try to find a way through the pandemic, tensions and previous injustices begin to come to light as those who have been quietly pivoting and often thriving during this time discover we have a power of resilience that others do not seem […]
Lear Alone
Award winning web series based on King Lear created in partnership with CRISIS and supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Free to view but donations to CRISIS are encouraged via Just Giving. Winner of the OnComm for best series at the 2022 Off West End Awards. >> Watch […]